gov.noaa.nodc:0254384 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-05-05T13:14:53Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with photographs and environmental parameters in North Carolina, USA from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 (NCEI Accession 0254384) 2022-07-13 publication 2022-06-23 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/4dwb-6b76 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0254384 NCEI Archive Management System 0254384 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Lee Weinberger NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) Lee.Weinberger@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Aleta Hohn NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) Aleta.Hohn@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Antoinette Gorgone NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) annie.gorgone@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Barbie Byrd North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) barbie.byrd@ncdenr.gov https://deq.nc.gov/ HTTPS North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) website Institution web page information collaborator Kyle Shertzer NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) kyle.shertzer@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information collaborator Tomo Eguchi NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SWFSC) Tomo.Eguchi@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southwest-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SWFSC) website Institution web page information collaborator Hohn, Aleta A. NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information author Gorgone, Antionette M. NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information author Byrd, Barbie L. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality https://deq.nc.gov/ HTTPS North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) website Institution web page information author Eguchi, Tomoharu NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southwest-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SWFSC) website Institution web page information author Shertzer, Kyle NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information author NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Beaufort Laboratory https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Beaufort Laboratory website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital The NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducted surveys within the southern North Carolina estuarine system from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 to provide an updated estimate of abundance for the Southern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock (SNCESS) of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using photographic-identification capture-mark-recapture (photo-ID) techniques. The surveys were strategically planned for winter when little overlap in distribution with the Northern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock (NNCESS) or coastal migratory stocks of bottlenose dolphins was expected. Because the sighting histories of individual dolphins have been an important tool for identifying or confirming stock membership, we also compared dolphins that were photo-identified during the 2018 surveys to dolphins that were included in a long-term photo-ID catalog dating back to 1995-07-10. Using the 2018 photographs and the long-term photo-ID catalog, we also evaluated the use of differences in Xenobalanus globicipitis infestation captured in photographs among individuals and groups as support for stock definition. This dataset contains the spatiotemporal sighting histories, photographs, observations of Xenobalanus globicipitis presence/absence, and environmental data for common bottlenose dolphin groups observed during the 2018 surveys. Data for individual dolphins observed during the 2018 surveys that were previously included in the long-term photo-ID catalog were provided as a subset with corresponding photographic matches. The sighting history and photographs of individuals matching from the long-term catalog are included with the exception of those dates indicated as capture events, as such photographs were not digitized. To provide an updated estimate of abundance for the SNCESS (Southern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock) using capture-mark-recapture (CMR) techniques as well as to compare dolphins that were photo-identified during the 2018 survey to dolphins that were included in a long-term photo-identification (ID) catalog. Funding Agency: NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0254384 Preview graphic PNG 0254384 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2022-06-23 publication ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP biological data cetacean LATITUDE LONGITUDE MARINE MAMMALS MARINE SPECIES INVENTORY SALINITY SEA STATE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE species abundance water depth theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS camera GPS laboratory analysis multi-parameter water quality sensor photo-identification techniques photograph visual analysis visual estimate visual observation instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ survey - biological visual estimate visual observation theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Beaufort Laboratory dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS North Atlantic Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Beaufort Sea-State Scale Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus Xenobalanus globicipitis barnacle dorsal fin distinctiveness habitat mark-recapture parasite photo quality theme Provider Keywords CAMERA > CAMERA GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS Photo-Identification Techniques VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Garmin GPSMAP 942xs with Garmin GT23M-TM transom mounted transducer Garmin GT21-TM Transom Mounted transducer Garmin echoMAP GPS instrument Provider Instruments OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Coastal Waters of North Carolina place Provider Place Names CFRY33 Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Hohn, Aleta A.; Gorgone, Antionette M.; Byrd, Barbie L.; Eguchi, Tomoharu; Shertzer, Kyle (2022). Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with photographs and environmental parameters in North Carolina, USA from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 (NCEI Accession 0254384). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4dwb-6b76. Accessed [date]. 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PLOS ONE, 17(8), e0270057. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270057 2022-08-15 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270057 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270057 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270057 Peer-reviewed publication information Hohn, Aleta A. author Gorgone, Antoinette M. author Byrd, Barbie L. author Shertzer, Kyle W. author Eguchi, Tomo author Hyrenbach, David editor Public Library of Science (PLoS) publisher documentDigital PLoS ONE 17(8) ISSN 1932-6203, p. e0270057 crossReference sciencePaper Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2022: Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina, USA from Jan 8,2018 to Jan 26, 2018, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67350. 2022 publication gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:67350 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67350 HTTPS https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67350 NOAA Fisheries InPort Documentation information NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information publisher tableDigital crossReference project Gorgone, A. M., Eguchi, T., Byrd, B. L., Altman, K. M., & Hohn, A. A. (1 C.E.). Estimating the abundance of the northern North Carolina estuarine system stock of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vh5ks8 7289 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vh5ks8 https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vh5ks8 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vh5ks8 NOAA Technical Memorandum information Gorgone, Antoinette M. author Eguchi, Tomoharu author Byrd, Barbie L. author Altman, Karen M. author Hohn, Aleta A. author U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory publisher documentDigital U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota -79.01505 -75.56587 33.54914 36.00227 2018-01-08 2018-01-26 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0254384 v1.1 was published. 2022-07-13T21:37:38Z NCEI Accession 0254384 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0254384/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0254384 v1.1 published 2022-07-13T21:37:38Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument Parameter or Variable: LATITUDE (measured); Units: degrees north; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Garmin echoMAP GPS with Garmin GT21-TM Transom Mount transducer or Garmin GPSMAP 942xs with Garmin GT23M-TM Transom Mt Transduce Parameter or Variable: LONGITUDE (measured); Units: degrees west; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Garmin echoMAP GPS with Garmin GT21-TM Transom Mount transducer or Garmin GPSMAP 942xs with Garmin GT23M-TM Transom Mt Transduce Parameter or Variable: ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP (measured); Units: Number in Group; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Human Observation Parameter or Variable: Date (measured); Units: day; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: human observation Parameter or Variable: vessel name (measured); Units: none; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: human observation Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: ppt; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument Parameter or Variable: water depth (measured); Units: meters; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Garmin echoMAP GPS with Garmin GT21-TM Transom Mount transducer or Garmin GPSMAP 942xs with Garmin GT23M-TM Transom Mt Transduce Parameter or Variable: Sighting Habitat (measured); Units: None . either Estuary Or Ocean; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Human observation Parameter or Variable: Xenobalanus globicipitis Presence/Absence (measured); Units: None; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Human Observation Parameter or Variable: % of the group with Xenobalanus globicipitis (calculated); Units: none; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Human Observation Parameter or Variable: Code for dorsal fin distinctiveness used to determine if a photograph could be used for photo-id matching (measured); Units: none; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: human observation Parameter or Variable: Photo quality code (measured); Units: none; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: human observation Parameter or Variable: averaged for the number of Individual Xenobalanus globicipitis on fins (calculated); Units: none; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: human observation Parameter or Variable: Beaufort Sea-State Scale (calculated); Units: none; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Human Observation asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian camera camera An instrument for recording images. GPS GPS Global Positioning System receiver satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation laboratory analysis laboratory analysis use as an observation type multi-parameter water quality sensor multi-parameter water quality sensor used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters Instrument used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters, often used to measure water quality parameters. Can be a hand-held instrument or a sonde for unattended monitoring. Often used in coastal water monitoring stations. YSI is the preeminent brand (as of 2024). photo-identification techniques photo-identification techniques A method of identifying species with persistent external patterns that can be used to identify unique individuals over the course of most of their adult life span. Examples include spots, anomalous pigmentation, and patterns on the trailing edges of marine mammal fins. https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/a9b6ed7f-2e26-4749-98f0-b3617451192b?gtm_keyword=Photo-Identification%20Techniques photograph photograph still images used as the basis for making parameter determinations visual analysis visual analysis visual analysis and measurement of sample materials use visual analysis with observation types of visual estimate and/or visual observation visual estimate visual estimate not an instrument - maybe an observation type visual observation visual observation not an instrument - maybe an observation type