Beaked Whale Habitat Characterization

Abstract

The object of this proposal was to characterize known beaked whale habitat and create a predictive beaked whale habitat model the Gulf of Mexico and east coast of the United States using available beaked whale sighting data in combination with bathymetry and remotely sensed oceanographic data. To accomplish this objective, three specific tasks were required: to establish a sighting and stranding database in a Geographic Information System (GIS) *framework, create a database of oceanographic data on a corresponding spatial and temporal scale, and create/optimize a spatial statistical model for predicting beaked whale presence and absence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422902

Entities

People

  • Jessica A. Ward

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bathymetry
  • Cells
  • Classification
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Factor Analysis
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Habitats
  • Information Systems
  • Naval Warfare
  • Odontocetes
  • Rhode Island
  • Standards
  • Undersea Warfare
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers