Great Barrier Reef 2012 humpback whale aerial survey

This dataset is a collection of dedicated humpback whale sightings and effort from a double platform line transect aerial survey program conducted in the Great Barrier Reef. The survey was undertaken 3-10 August 2012 using a Partenavia Observer P-68B six-seater, twin engine, high-wing aircraft at a ground speed of 100 knots in passing mode at an altitude of 1000 ft. The survey was undertaken to coincide with peak humpback whale abundance within the breeding season, when it is assumed whales are utilising habitat important to their breeding behaviour and not engaging in migratory behaviour. For more details of the survey see:


Smith, J. N., N. Kelly, and I. W. Renner. 2020. Validation of presence-only models for management applications: humpback whale breeding grounds in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Ecological Applications. Accepted.


Smith, J. N., Kelly, N., Childerhouse, S., Redfern, J. V., Moore, T. J. and Peel, D. (2020) Quantifying ship strike risk to breeding whales in a multiple-use marine park: the Great Barrier Reef. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:1-15. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00067


Data were collected under the Australian Marine Mammal Grant Program for project 11/15 ‘Identification of humpback whale breeding grounds in the Great Barrier Reef: validation of a spatial habitat model’.

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Alternate title
Great Barrier Reef 2012 humpback whale aerial survey
Date (Publication)
2020-06-23
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.26179/5ef1835593469

Originator

Smith, J. and Kelly, N.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

SMITH, JOSHUA
Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Harry Butler Institute
Murdoch University
Murdoch
WA
6150
Australia

Collaborator

KELLY, NATALIE
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AMMC_11-15_GBR_humpback_aerial_survey

Purpose
The extent of the humpback whale breeding grounds in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area was investigated in 2010 using spatial habitat modelling of presence only data under the Australian Marine Mammal Grant Program for project 0809/8 ‘Review of existing sighting datasets to assess the spatial and temporal distribution of humpback whales within the Great Barrier Reef for identifying potential breeding/calving grounds’. For more details see: Smith, J. N., H. S. Grantham, N. Gales, M. C. Double, M. J. Noad, and D. Paton. 2012. Identification of humpback whale breeding habitat in the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 447:259-272. doi: 10.3354/meps09462. The 2012 aerial survey was designed based on the results of the predictive spatial habitat modelling project and satellite tag data collected by the Australian Marine Mammal Centre in 2009. Three regions within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area were surveyed based on their different habitat suitability and probability of humpback whale occurrence; offshore of Cairns (low), Townsville (medium) and Mackay (high).
Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Biota

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Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2012-08-03 2012-08-10

Extent

Description
Vertical Extent - Altitude

Vertical element

Minimum value
305
Maximum value
305
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6499
Name
Vertical CS. Axis: height (H). Orientation: up. UoM: m.
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:114
Name
height
Title
Validation of presence-only models for management applications: humpback whale breeding grounds in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Date (Publication)
2020

Author

Smith, J. N., N. Kelly, and I. W. Renner.
Name
Ecological Applications
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES
Keywords
  • PARTENAVIA OBSERVER P-68B SIX-SEATER, TWIN ENGINE, HIGH-WING AIRCRAFT
  • MARINE MAMMAL OBSERVERS
  • HUMPBACK WHALES
  • MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE
  • AERIAL SURVEY
  • LINE TRANSECT
  • DISTANCE SAMPLING
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AIRCRAFT
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > QUEENSLAND
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > GREAT BARRIER REEF

Resource constraints

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This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

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Other constraints
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
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Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AMMC_11-15_GBR_humpback_aerial_survey when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2020-06-23T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
265
Distribution format
  • Excel

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Resource lineage

Statement
This dataset is from a dedicated aerial survey designed to maximise detection of humpback whales as the target species. The data has been processed from transcriptions of raw sightings, reconciled to identify re-sights between the double platform observers and incorporates effort and environmental data.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2020-06-22 - record created by Natalie Kelly.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/AMMC_11-15_GBR_humpback_aerial_survey

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

KELLY, NATALIE
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
de518295-7ad8-4e65-9312-a31d7ca25324

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2020-06-23T14:08:40

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AMMC_11-15_GBR_humpback_aerial_survey

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-06-22T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2020-06-23

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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