Final Technical Report: - Southwest Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Final Technical Report: - Southwest Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
Final Technical Report: - Southwest Fisheries Science Center - NOAA
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Table 4. Summary of the weighted effective strip width (ESW = 1/ f(0)) and g(0) estimates used to calculate<br />
predicted densities for the CCE. The original values are those estimated from the 1991-2001 survey data (Barlow<br />
2003), which included both perception and availability bias to the extent possible. These values are weighted by the<br />
number of small and large groups observed during the 1991, 1993, 1996, 2001, and 2005 surveys.<br />
ESW g(0)<br />
Species<br />
Group<br />
size original weighted original weighted<br />
Striped dolphin 1-20 0.50<br />
0.77<br />
21-100 1.24 0.97 1.00 0.89<br />
100+ 1.88 1.00<br />
Short-beaked common dolphin 1-20 0.50<br />
0.77<br />
21-100 1.24 1.32 1.00 0.95<br />
100+ 1.88 1.00<br />
Risso’s dolphin 1-20 1.37<br />
0.74<br />
20+ 2.18 1.63 1.00 0.82<br />
Pacific white-sided dolphin 1-20 0.50<br />
0.77<br />
21-100 1.24 0.92 1.00 0.86<br />
100+ 1.88 1.00<br />
Northern right whale dolphin 1-20 0.50<br />
0.77<br />
21-100 1.24 0.78 1.00 0.84<br />
100+ 1.88 1.00<br />
Dall’s porpoise all 0.82 0.82 0.79 0.79<br />
Sperm whale all 4.61 4.61 0.87 0.87<br />
Fin whale all 1.72 1.72 0.90 0.90<br />
Blue whale all 1.72 1.72 0.90 0.90<br />
Humpback whale all 2.89 2.89 0.90 0.90<br />
Baird’s beaked whale all 2.83 2.83 0.96 0.96<br />
Small beaked whales all 1.76 1.76 0.34* 0.34<br />
*<br />
Based on average g(0) for Mesoplodon (Mesoplodon spp.) and Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris).<br />
<strong>Final</strong> CCE Model Selection<br />
As described above, we developed two candidate “pre-final” CCE models for each<br />
species: one built with remotely sensed habitat variables, and one 'combined' model built with<br />
both remotely sensed data and interpolated in situ data (see Section 4.1). Initially, models were<br />
built for the ten species with the greatest number of sightings in order to provide the most robust<br />
environmental models: striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), short-beaked common dolphin,<br />
Risso’s dolphin, Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), northern right whale<br />
dolphin, Dall’s porpoise, sperm whale, fin whale, blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), and<br />
humpback whale.<br />
As part of the final model selection process, we convened an expert workshop to solicit<br />
feedback on the pre-final spatial models for both the CCE and ETP study areas. The scientists<br />
who participated in the workshop all have significant field and research experience within these<br />
oceanic regions and are recognized for their extensive knowledge of cetacean distributions in the<br />
study areas. The experts were shown maps with smoothed density predictions for 10 species in<br />
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