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Final Technical Report: - Southwest Fisheries Science Center - NOAA

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Table 16. Ratios of observed to predicted number of sightings in the ETP (SE = Standard Error).<br />

Predictions were made using models in which habitat was defined using oceanographic, net-tow, acoustic<br />

backscatter, or a combination of all data.<br />

Oceanographic<br />

data<br />

Net-tow<br />

data<br />

69<br />

Acoustic<br />

backscatter<br />

data<br />

Combined<br />

data<br />

Striped dolphin<br />

2003 0.656 0.603 0.655 0.682<br />

2006 1.518 1.746 1.521 1.435<br />

All 1.000 0.999 1.000 1.000<br />

SE 0.431 0.571 0.433 0.376<br />

Short-beaked common dolphin<br />

2003 0.796 0.664 0.664 0.796<br />

2006 1.249 1.646 1.646 1.249<br />

All 1.000 0.999 0.999 1.000<br />

SE 0.227 0.491 0.491 0.227<br />

Eastern spinner dolphin<br />

2003 0.941 0.871 0.871 1.025<br />

2006 1.085 1.225 1.225 0.971<br />

All 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000<br />

SE 0.072 0.177 0.177 0.027<br />

Bryde's Whale<br />

2003 1.126 1.507 1.507 1.126<br />

2006 0.263 0.106 0.106 0.263<br />

All 1.000 0.999 0.999 1.000<br />

SE 0.432 0.700 0.700 0.431<br />

The combined model gave the best fit for striped dolphins in both ecosystems, for<br />

eastern spinner dolphins in the ETP and for Dall’s porpoises in the CCE (Tables 14 and<br />

15). For these species, predictive power was also highest for the combined model<br />

(Tables 16 and 17). Maps of the predicted number of sightings (Fig. 22 and 23) suggest<br />

that the combined model did a better job at capturing gaps in species distributions. For<br />

striped dolphin in both ecosystems and for eastern spinner dolphin, all oceanographic<br />

variables were retained in the combined model. Dall’s porpoise retained all<br />

oceanographic variables except chlorophyll, which had a relatively weak effect in the<br />

oceanographic model. These results suggest that the net-tow and acoustic backscatter<br />

data provide information about the distribution of these species that is not captured by the<br />

oceanographic variables.

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