Several measures of model uncertainty are provided with each habitat-based density model.
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Full documentation for every individual model can be accessed online.
Species-specific seasons are based on patterns in the sightings and reports in the literature. Model resolution is 10km x 10km (except for NARW products which are at 5km X 5km) and models were generated with an original extent of approximately the entire US east coast EEZ plus a portion of southeast Canada. Source data used to create the models are from 1992 through 2019. Cetacean individual species productsĬetacean density model results are the predicted number of animals per 100 square kilometers for a specific temporal period.
The methods used to develop the cetacean maps were published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. The Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab at Duke University led the overall MDAT effort and developed cetacean maps for the entire Atlantic coast. Researchers at several institutions who work collaboratively as the Marine-life Data and Analysis Team (MDAT) assembled a collection of new maps that represents one of the largest known efforts globally to assemble and disseminate spatial data for multiple species and taxa of marine life. The Northeast Regional Ocean Council and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) collaborated to fund the development of maps of marine life to support ocean planning and management.
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