Duke Models for the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Area

Model History for Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra)

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Version 2 - 2022-06-20

Updated the AFTT Phase III model with many additional surveys contributed since that time. Please see Roberts et al. (2022, 2023) for details. This update was released as part of the final delivery of the NMSDD for the AFTT Phase IV Environmental Impact Statement.

Documentation

Name: Roberts et al. (2022)
Citation: Roberts JJ, Yack TM, Halpin PN (2022) Density Model for Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) for the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Testing and Training (AFTT) Study Area, Version 2, 2022-06-20, and Supplementary Report. Prepared for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Atlantic by the Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Durham, NC

Name: Mannocci et al. (2017)
Citation: Mannocci L, Roberts JJ, Miller DL, Halpin PN (2017) Extrapolating cetacean densities to quantitatively assess human impacts on populations in the high seas. Conservation Biology 31:601-614. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12856

Name: Roberts et al. (2023)
Citation: Roberts JJ, Yack TM, Halpin PN (2023) Marine mammal density models for the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) study area for the Phase IV Navy Marine Species Density Database (NMSDD). Document version 1.3. Report prepared for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Atlantic by the Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Durham, NC

Version 1 - 2015-01-23

First publicly-released version of this model, released in 2015 as part of the final delivery of the U.S. Navy Marine Species Density Database (NMSDD) for the Atlantic Fleet Testing and Training (AFTT) Phase III Environmental Impact Statement.

Documentation

Name: Mannocci et al. (2016)
Citation: Mannocci L, Roberts JJ, Miller DL, Halpin PN (2016) Habitat-based density model for Melon-headed whale in the AFTT area, model version 1. Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Durham, NC

Name: Mannocci et al. (2017)
Citation: Mannocci L, Roberts JJ, Miller DL, Halpin PN (2017) Extrapolating cetacean densities to quantitatively assess human impacts on populations in the high seas. Conservation Biology 31:601-614. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12856

Name: Roberts et al. (2015)
Citation: Roberts JJ, Mannocci L, Halpin PN (2015) Marine mammal density models for the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) study area for the Phase III Navy Marine Species Density Database (NMSDD), Document Version 1.1. Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Durham, NC

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