Florida Manatee Mortality 1974-2015
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

This dataset contains data from the geographic information system (GIS) shapefile of recovered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) carcass locations within Florida from April 1974 through to the latest spatially verified data presently available. Locations are based both on coordinates provided by field staff (gathered either by geographic positioning system [GPS] or by using navigation charts to ascertain latitudes and longitudes) and maps provided by the field staff. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) GIS staff in the Marine Mammal subsection verify that the provided coordinates match the intent of the plotted location. Points representing carcass locations were entered into a GIS using a digital shoreline basemap taken largely from NOAA navigation charts (1:40,000) and from USGS quadrangles (1:24,000). The scale is considered to be 1:40,000.

The primary use of this dataset is to display reported manatee carcass recovery locations and associated attributes, such as cause of death.

Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI).

Counts were not available and filled with "1"; time was not available and filled with "00:00:00."

07/21/2011: This dataset, originally containing data from 1974-2008, was updated to include 2009-2010 data.

11/11/2011: This dataset, originally containing data from 1974-early 2010, was updated to include data through December 2010 data.

03/29/2016: 2011-2015 data were added. The data were downloaded from http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/ba5b92ec509f48f38c61aa542e96236f_1.

07/28/2016: March - June 2015 data were added. The data were downloaded from http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/ba5b92ec509f48f38c61aa542e96236f_1 on 07/28/2016.

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downlodable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission unless otherwise noted below.

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/long and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	definition not provided
objectid	Object ID
county	County within Florida that the manatee carcass was recovered in.
obs_datetime	Date (time was not recorded and is 00:00:00)
fieldid	Unique Field ID assigned to each manatee carcass recovered. This ID is used to identify the region of Florida, year and chronological order within that year for the region of Florida where the carcass was recovered. Exceptions include animals that were rescued, then died while in the care of an oceanaria facility, which include Sea World (SWFTm), Lowry Park Zoo (LPZ) and Miami Seaquarium (MSQ).
sex	Sex of recovered manatee carcass (M: male, F: female, U: unknown)
tlength	Total length of the manatee carcass, measured from snout to fluke edge in centimeters.
mortality	Description of mortality
longitude	Longitude of manatee carcass recovery location. Decimal degree, in NAD27
latitude	Latitude of manatee carcass recovery location. Decimal degree, in NAD27
species	Species observed
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_count	Always 1. Added by OBIS-SEAMAP.
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP