gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:55531 eng UTF8 dataset NMFS Office of Science and Technology 301-427-8100 1315 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 USA https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 0700 - 1800 EST/EDT resourceProvider Haverland, Timothy J 301-427-8137 301-713-4137 1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring MD 20910-3282 USA tim.haverland@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-29T23:00:34 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Habitat-based Models of Cetacean Density and Distribution in the Central North Pacific, 2015 2015-02-11 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 55531 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55531 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://cetsound.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download mapDigital The central North Pacific Ocean includes diverse temperate and tropical pelagic habitats. Studies of the abundance and distribution of cetaceans within these dynamic marine ecosystems have generally been patchy or conducted at coarse spatial and temporal scales, limiting their utility for pelagic conservation planning. Habitat-based density models provide a tool for identifying pelagic areas of importance to cetaceans, because model predictions are spatially explicit. In this study, we present habitat-based models of cetacean density that were developed and validated for the central North Pacific. Spatial predictions of cetacean densities and measures of uncertainty were derived based on data collected during 15 large-scale shipboard cetacean and ecosystem assessment surveys conducted from 1997 to 2012. We developed generalized additive models using static and remotely sensed dynamic habitat variables, including distance to land, sea-surface temperature (SST), standard deviation of SST, surface chlorophyll concentration, seasurface height (SSH), and SSH root-mean-square variation. The resulting models, developed using new grid-based prediction methods, provide finer scale information on the distribution and density of cetaceans than previously available. Habitat-based abundance estimates around Hawaii are similar to those derived from standard line-transect analyses of the same data and provide enhanced spatial resolution to inform management and conservation of pelagic cetacean species. These models have been used by the Navy and others to assess potential impacts on cetaceans in compliance with U.S. regulations such as the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act, which require species-specific assessments of the number of animals potentially affected by their activities. Forney, KA, EA Becker, DG Foley, J Barlow, EM Oleson. 2015. Habitat-based models of cetacean density and distribution in the central North Pacific.  Endangered Species Research 27: 1–20. [doi: 10.3354/esr00632] completed Forney, Karin A 831-771-4155 (858) 546-7003 7544 Sandholdt Rd Moss Landing CA 95039 USA karin.forney@noaa.gov M-F 8:00 - 16:30 pointOfContact Haverland, Timothy J 301-427-8137 301-713-4137 1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring MD 20910-3282 USA tim.haverland@noaa.gov custodian Gedamke, Jason 301-427-8133 1315 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 jason.gedamke@noaa.gov custodian irregular Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's whale False killer whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Pantropical spotted dolphin Physeter macrocephalus Pseudorca crassidens Rough-toothed dolphin Short-finned pilot whale Sperm whale Spinner dolphin Stenella attenuata Stenella coeruleoalba Stenella longirostris Steno bredanensis Striped dolphin Tursiops truncatus bottlenose dolphin cetacean density distribution theme Central Pacific Ocean Hawaii place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/OST > Office of Science & Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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