North_Pacific_right_whale_box_eo

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resources, University of Alaska Anchorage

Publication_Date: 20060630

Title: North_Pacific_right_whale_box_eo

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, Alaska

Publisher: Alaska Natural Heritage Program

Online_Linkage:

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Description:

Abstract:

This shapefile contains polygon features summarizing statewide observations and for the North Pacific Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica. This coverage was created by the Zoology program of the Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Anchorage, AK. Sources of the observations may include published scientific papers, unpublished reports and surveys, and museum specimens.

Purpose:

This dataset is intended to describe current known concentration areas of the North Pacific Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica. This information was developed in association with efforts to describe life history and distribution of species featured in Alaska's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, which was prepared by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20070530

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -166.331782

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -162.272162

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 57.784918

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 56.207323

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NOAA 2006

Theme_Keyword: North Pacific Right Whale

Theme_Keyword: Eubalaena japonica

Place:

Place_Keyword: Alaska

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword: Distribution

Access_Constraints:

This dataset summarizes public information and may be provided to aid users in generating various natural resource analyses and products; as such there are no access constraints.

Use_Constraints:

Any products utilizing these data should clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, they are obligated to describe modifications performed, and the user specifically agrees not to misrepresent the data or to imply that the Alaska Natural Heritage Program approved the changes they made.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Julie Michaelson

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Position: Program Data Manager

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (907) 257-2749

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (907) 257-2789

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: anjam1@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri AST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attributes assembled from published hardcopy and digital data and standardized across the entire dataset.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon features presented.

Completeness_Report: Unknown.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 2006. Unpublished data summarizing North Pacific Right Whale distribution in Alaska. Excel spreadsheet to T. Fields on 5/25/2006 by Kim Shelden, NOAA.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2006

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA 2006

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Brueggeman, J. J., R. A. Grotefendt, and A. W. Erickson. 1984. Endangered whale abundance and distribution in the Navarin Basin of the Bering Sea during the ice-free period. pp. 201-36 in B. R. Melteff and D. A. Rosenberg (eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Interactions Among Maring Mammals and Commercial Fisheries in the Southeastern Bering Sea. University of Alaska, Alaska. Sea Grant Report 84-1. 300 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1984

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Brueggeman et al. 1984

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

LeDuc, R.G. 2004. Report of the results of the 2002 survey for North Pacific right whales. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFSSWFSC-357

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: LeDuc 2004

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Tynan, C. T., D. P. DeMaster, and W. T. Peterson. 2001. Endangered right whales on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf. Science 294: 1894.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Tynan et al. 2001

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Brownell, R.L., Jr., P.J. Clapham, T. Miyashita, and T. Kasuya. 2001. Conservation status of North Pacific right whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. (Special Issue) 2:269-286.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Brownell et al. 2001

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

North Pacific Right Whale Recovery Team. 2004. National recovery strategy for the North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) in Pacific Canadian waters. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Vancouver, B.C. 48 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: North Pacific Whale Recovery Team 2004

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Mellinger, D.K., K.M. Stafford, S.E. Moore, L. Munger, and C.G. Fox. 2004. Detection of North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) calls in the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 20:872-879.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mellinger et al. 2004

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Waite, J.M., K. Wynne, and D.K. Mellinger. 2003. Documented sighting of a North Pacific right whale in the Gulf of Alaska and post-sighting acoustic monitoring. Northwestern Naturalist 84:38-43.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Waite et al. 2003

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Clapham, P.J., C. Good, S.E. Quinn, R.R. Reeves, J.E. Scarff, and R.L. Brownell, Jr. 2004. Distribution of North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) as shown by 19th and 20th century whaling catch and sighting records. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 6:1-6.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Clapham et al. 2004

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Moore, S.E., J. M. Waite, L. L. Mazzuca, and R. C. Hobbs. 2000. Provisional estimates of mysticete whale abundance on the central Bering Sea shelf. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 2(3): 227-234.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Moore et al. 2000

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Angliss, R. P., and K. L. Lodge. 2004. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2003. U.S. Dep. Commer., Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-144, 230 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Angliss & Lodge 2004

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Goddard, P. D and D. J. Rugh. 1998. A group of right whales seen in the Bering seen in the Bering Sea in July 1996. Marine Mammal Science 14(2): 344-349.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Goddard & Rugh 1998

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Shelden, K.E., S.E. Moore, J.M. Waite, P.R. Wade, and D.J. Rugh. 2005. Historic and current habitat use by North Pacific right whales Eubalaena japonica in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. Mammal Rev. 35:129-155.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2005

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Shelden et al. 2005

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

LeDuc, R.G., W.L. Perryman, J.W. Gilpatrick, Jr., J. Hyde, C. Stinchcomb, J.V. Carretta, and R.L. Brownell, Jr. 2001. A note on recent surveys for right whales in the southeastern Bering Sea. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. (Special Issue) 2:287-289.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: LeDuc et al. 2001

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

All vertebrate observations were assembled from a variety of sources and evaluated by program zoologists for data accuracy and quality. Excel software was used to assemble observation data tables. These database files were transfered to ArcGIS software and x,y coordinates in each table were used to create a point feature coverage. The resulting shapefiles were displayed over various basemaps to check general locational accuracy and the shapefile was projected into Alaska Albers projection (NAD83). Where necessary, data of different projections were reprojected and merged into one Albers dataset. Concentrations of points and maps/descriptions of the species' range were used to create hand-drawn polygon features representing estuary concentration areas for the Cook Inlet beluga.

Process_Date: 20070530

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907 257-2749

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2780

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: anjam1@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00-5:00 AST Mon-Fri

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

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Process_Description: Metadata imported.

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Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

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Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

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Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

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Standard_Parallel: 65.000000

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Planar_Distance_Units: meters

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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

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Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Provides the scientific and common name to identify the species together with the Alaska Natural Heritage global and state rarity rank. General documentation of sources used to construct the polygon coverage is provided as are general location fields together with a precision field.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Julie Michaelson

Contact_Organization: Alaska Natural Heritage Program

Contact_Position: Program Data Manager

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907 257-2749

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2780

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: anjam1@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon-Fri AST

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

The Alaska Natural Heritage Program (AKNHP) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described. Information contained in the data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistently within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The Alaska Natural Heritage Program gives no warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data be directly acquired from the AKNHP and not indirectly through other sources that may have changed them in some way.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

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Transfer_Size: 4.051

Custom_Order_Process: Contact the Alaska Natural Heritage Program.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070720

Metadata_Contact:

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Contact_Person: Julie Michaelson

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Position: Program Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: 707 A Street

City: Anchorage

State_or_Province: Alaska

Postal_Code: 99501

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Julie Michaelson

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2780

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: anjam1@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am- 5:00pm AST Mon-Fri

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