General Overview of Data Identified and Review of Existing Datasets/sources Regional Workshop on Integration, Mapping and GIS Analysis of Marine Mammal Migration Routes, Critical Habitats and Human Threats in Wider Caribbean Region Miami, Florida - May 2011 Gaëlle Vandersarren Project Coordinator Marine Mammal Action Plan
1) FIRST STEP Compilation of available publications by the SPAW-RAC based on the following report : MARINE MAMMALS - BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMPILATION FOR THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION - September 2006 BIBLIOGRAPHY_MARINE_MAMMALS_WCR.pdf About 500 publications and reports Internet research Regional Marine Mammal Database partners MM yahoo group 316 publications and reports Bibliography (publication access) Scientist - expert directory photo ID MM species sheet electronic forms
OBJECTIVES : Data gathering Sorting of publications/reports by category Make the sorted publications accessible on the SPAW-RAC website/database Question : Are these publications potentially interesting/helpful for the Lifeweb project? YES 2) SEVERAL STEPS OF THE PROCESS Classification of publications/reports Species Year Language Country/region Author Topic (conservation : reintroduction, sanctuary... ; research : disease, stranding, abundance, distribution... ; threats : pollutions, collisions... ;...) First selection and ordering of the publications Multi-species MM publications (82) Number of publication/species : 4 key species Manatee (68) Humpback whale (22) Bottlenose dolphin (23) Sperm whale (10)
Marine Mammal LifeWeb List of Publications Link PUBLICATIONS ON HUMPBACK WHALES theme subject (MM, Types of info Type of (distribution, Date of marine Georeferenced estimate, (population Title data/info Extent abundance, Species Access Resolution Usable? release traffic, source collision, fisheries...) photos...) stranding...) Acoustic and Visual Survey of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Distribution in the Eastern and Southeastern Caribbean Sea From Puerto population Contact : Rico to acoustic and estimate, GPS, Steven L. Venezuela (+ visual survey / humpback bathymetry, publication 2003 MM yes Swartz, Tim yes whale Greater and Lesser Antilles) distribution, abundance Cole, Mark A. McDonald water T, buoy position map + transects Distribution and Relative Abundance of Humpback Whales off Western Puerto Rico during 1995-1997 distribution, humpback publication 1995-1997 Puerto Rico MM yes abundance whale Contact : Ilse M. Sanders, José C. Barrios- Santiago population estimate, map, observation, bathymetry yes or no (former data) Estimating American 19th century catches of humpback whales in the West Indies and Cape Verde Islands 2003 publication 19 th humpback map, population West Indies MM poaching no no whale estimate Final recovery plan for the humpback whale 1991 NOAA status, humpback map, migration publication 1991 world MM abundance, no no whale corridors threats Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern North Pacific during their northbound migration) distribution, humpback publication 1998 Pacific MM no abundance whale map, migration corridors no (not in the area studied)
Marine Mammal LifeWeb List of Publications HOW DID WE PROCEED? Eg : Distribution and abundance of marine megafauna in the French Antilles - REMMOA Campaign MULTI-SPECIES MM PUBLICATIONS theme subject (MM, Types of info Type of (distribution, Date of marine Georeferenced estimate, (population Title data/info Extent abundance, Species Access Usable? release traffic, source collision, fisheries...) photos...) stranding...) Distribution and abundance of marine megafauna in the French Antilles, REMMOA Campaign- French Antilles French West distribution map, yes but not Indies and Marine population distribution, included in report 2009 Eastern MM all MM Protected estimate, yes abundance the document Caribbean Areas Agency transects, priority (ask for) (partly) habitat map METHOD Focus on : Distribution Abundance Movement / migration
Marine Mammal LifeWeb List of Publications FINAL SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS : Removal of : Former data Not-specified data / out off subject Out of area data RESULTS Number of relevant publications by species / group of species : All Marine Mammal : 8 Humpback whale : 6 Bottlenose dolphin : 3 Sperm whale : 4 Manatee : 5
CONCLUSIONS Data on abundance and distribution : Population estimate Georeferenced data But few data on : Issues : Environmental criteria (bathymetry, T C, salinity...) Number of stranding (and precise location) Migration corridors Many publications / reports / data are not available on internet, or are not translated and transmitted on a large scale Many data are not usable (eg. Former/out off subject/out of area data) Concentrate our efforts on : Finding more recent publications Focusing on database (regularly updated) and campaign reports Opening Discussion: Additional available marine mammal datasets
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