ERDDAP > info > bcodmo_dataset_2987

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data			files	public	[whales historical id's] - Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters and sighting histories, from the R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1 (1998-2002), and historical records from 1980 (NEC-CoopRes project) (Northeast Consortium: Cooperative Research)		I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_2987

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	access_formats	String	.htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acquisition_description	String	Photographic Methods i) Identification Photographs: During aerial and shipboard surveys, photographs were taken on Kodak Kodachrome 200ASA color slide film, using hand-held 35-mm cameras equipped with 300-mm telephoto lenses and motor drives. From the air, photographers attempted to obtain good perpendicular photographs of the entire rostral callosity pattern and back of every right whale encountered as well as any other scars or markings. From the boat, photographers attempted to collect good oblique photographs of both sides of the head and chin, the body and the flukes. The data recorder on both platforms was responsible for keeping a written record of the roll and frame numbers shot by each photographer in the daily log. ii) Photo-analysis and Matching: Photographs of right whale callosity patterns are used as a basis for identification and cataloging of individuals, following methods developed by Payne et al (1983) and Kraus et al (1986). The cataloging of individually identified animals is based on using high quality photographs of distinctive callosity patterns (raised patches of roughened skin on the top and sides of the head), ventral pigmentation, lip ridges, and scars (Kraus et al 1986). New England Aquarium (NEAq) has curated the catalogue since 1980 and to the best of their knowledge, all photographs of right whales taken in the North Atlantic since 1935 have been included in NEAq's files. This catalogue allows scientists to enumerate the population, and, from resightings of known individuals, to monitor the animals' reproductive status, births, deaths, scarring, distribution and migrations. Since 1980, a total of 26,275 sightings of 436 individual right whales have been archived, of which 327 are thought to be alive, as of December 2001 (A. Knowlton, NEAq, pers. comm.) The matching process consists of separating photographs of right whales into individuals and inter-matching between days within the season. To match different sightings of the same whale, composite drawings and photographs of the callosity patterns of individual right whales are compared to a limited subset of the catalogue that includes animals with a similar appearance. For whales that look alike in the first sort, the original photographs of all probable matches are examined for callosity similarities and supplementary features, including scars, pigmentation, lip crenulations, and morphometric ratios. A match between different sightings is considered positive when the callosity pattern and at least one other feature can be independently matched by at least two experienced researchers (Kraus et al 1986). Exceptions to this multiple identifying feature requirement include whales that have unusual callosity patterns, large scars or birthmarks, or deformities so unique that matches from clear photographs can be based on only one feature. Preliminary photo-analysis and inter-matching was carried out at CCS, with matches confirmed using original photographs cataloged and archived at NEAq. iii) Photographic Data Archiving Upon completion of the matching process, all original slides were returned to CCS and incorporated into the CCS catalogue of identified right whales to update existing files, using the same numbering system as NEAq, in archival quality slide sheets. NEAq archives copies of photographs representing each sighting. Copies of photographs of individuals that are better than existing records, and photographs of newly identified whales, will be included in the NEAq master files as \"type specimens\" for future reference. The master files are maintained in fireproof safes at NEAq. All catalogue files are available for inspection and on-site use by contributors and collaborators.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_nid	String	55048
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_number	String	unknown NEC-CoopRes NOAA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funder_name	String	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_acronym	String	NOAA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_source_nid	String	352
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Whale sighting history P.I. Moira Brown Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters 1998-2002 and sighting histories. (report appendix I)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	info at bco-dmo.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	data_source	String	extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2010-06-16T20:40:39Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-03-14T18:21:10Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&time<now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2987.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2987
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_acronym	String	camera
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_description	String	35mm camera
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid	String	4728
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_description	String	All types of photographic equipment including stills, video, film and digital systems.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_external_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/311/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_name	String	Camera
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_nid	String	520
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_supplied_name	String	Camera
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, data, dataset, dmo, erddap, management, oceanography, office, preliminary, region, sex, whale, whale_id, year
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2987/license
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/2987
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	param_mapping	String	{'2987': {}}
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	parameter_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/2987/parameters
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation	String	Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_name	String	Dr Daniel McKiernan
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_nid	String	51014
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role	String	Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation	String	Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation_acronym	String	PCCS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_name	String	Dr Moira Brown
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_nid	String	51013
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role	String	Co-Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation	String	Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation_acronym	String	PCCS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_name	String	Dr Charles Mayo
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_nid	String	51015
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role	String	Co-Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_affiliation	String	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_affiliation_acronym	String	WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_person_name	String	Nancy Copley
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_person_nid	String	50396
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_role	String	BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_3_role_type	String	related
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	NEC-CoopRes
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_acronym	String	NEC-CoopRes
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_description	String	The Northeast Consortium encourages and funds cooperative research and monitoring projects in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank that have effective, equal partnerships among fishermen, scientists, educators, and marine resource managers. The Northeast Consortium seeks to fund projects that will be conducted in a responsible manner. Cooperative research projects are designed to minimize any negative impacts to ecosystems or marine organisms, and be consistent with accepted ethical research practices, including the use of animals and human subjects in research, scrutiny of research protocols by an institutional board of review, etc.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_geolocation	String	Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_name	String	Northeast Consortium: Cooperative Research
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_nid	String	2045
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_website	String	http://northeastconsortium.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_start_date	String	1999-01
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters and sighting histories, from the R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1 (1998-2002), and historical records from 1980 (Northeast Consortium Cooperative Research project).
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	[whales historical id's] - Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters and sighting histories, from the R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1 (1998-2002), and historical records from 1980 (NEC-CoopRes project) (Northeast Consortium: Cooperative Research)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	xml_source	String	osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable	year		short
attribute	year	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	year	actual_range	short	1980, 2002
attribute	year	bcodmo_name	String	year
attribute	year	description	String	year
attribute	year	long_name	String	Year
attribute	year	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/YEARXXXX/
variable	whale_id		String
attribute	whale_id	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	whale_id	description	String	identification code for individual Right Whales.
attribute	whale_id	long_name	String	Whale Id
variable	sex		String
attribute	sex	bcodmo_name	String	sex
attribute	sex	description	String	M = male F = female C = calf U = unknown sex nd = not recorded
attribute	sex	long_name	String	Sex
variable	region		String
attribute	region	bcodmo_name	String	region
attribute	region	description	String	B-Browns Bank F-Fundy O-Gulf of Maine G-Great South Channel J-Jeffreys Ledge M-Cape Cod/Mass. Bays A-Mid Atlantic N-North S-SE US. M(PH)-Peaked Hill NE of Truro M(STB)-Stellwagen Bank/Wildcat Knoll X-area unknown
attribute	region	long_name	String	Region

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.