Southeast Conservation Blueprint Summary for North Carolina
Coastal & marine Atlantic marine mammals
This indicator identifies important areas in the Atlantic Ocean for dolphins, whales, and seals. It incorporates density predictions for 20 marine mammals species or species groups (Atlantic spotted dolphin, Atlantic white- sided dolphin, Clymene dolphin, common bottlenose dolphin, Cuvier's beaked whale, dwarf and pygmy sperm whales, fin whale, harbor porpoise, humpback whale, mesoplodont beaked whales, North Atlantic right whale, pantropical spotted dolphin, pilot whales, Risso's dolphin, rough-toothed dolphin, seals, short-beaked common dolphin, sperm whale, striped dolphin, unidentified beaked whales) based on sightings from boat-based and aerial surveys and data on oceanographic conditions. It uses marine mammal models developed by the Duke Marine Lab.
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Percentile of importance for marine mammal index species (across the full East Coast study area) >90th percentile
>80th-90th percentile >70th-80th percentile >60th-70th percentile >50th-60th percentile >40th-50th percentile >30th-40th percentile >20th-30th percentile >10th-20th percentile ≤10th percentile Land
Created 11/20/2024 using the Southeast Conservation Blueprint Explorer
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