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Revised Phase III Data Analysis of Joint Cetacean Protocol Data Resources 2016

Abstract

JNCC advocates an international co-operative approach for long-term surveillance and monitoring of cetaceans. The Joint Cetacean Protocol (JCP) has been set up with the aim of delivering information on the distribution, abundance and population trends of cetacean species occurring in the North Sea and adjacent sea regions. This reports present the revised phase III analysis of the available data resources.

Effort-linked sightings data contained within the Joint Cetacean Protocol data resource were used to estimate spatio-temporal patterns of abundance for seven species of cetacean over a 17-year period from 1994–2010 over a 1.09 million km2 prediction region from 48° N to c. 64° N and from the continental shelf edge west of Ireland to the Kattegat in the east.

The species were harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), minke whale (Balaenoptera acuturostrata), bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus), white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) and Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus). There were 38 data sources with data from at least 542 distinct survey platforms (ships and aircraft) representing over 1.05 million km of effort.

Please also refer to Appendix 7 for guidance from the JCP Steering Group on the uses and limitations of the JCP Phase III outputs.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2016·03·01

Citation
Paxton, C.G.M., Scott-Hayward, L., Mackenzie, M., Rexstad, E. & Thomas, L. (2016) Revised Phase III Data Analysis of Joint Cetacean Protocol Data Resource, JNCC Report No. 517, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

Lineage
The Joint Cetacean Protocol (JCP) has been set up with the aim of delivering information on the distribution, abundance and population trends of cetacean species occurring in the North Sea and adjacent sea regions.

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2020·02·03

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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