Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic-identification images collected for abundance estimation, occurrence, association pattern, and behavioral observation studies using cameras from small boats in Texas bays, estuaries, and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters by Texas A&M University at Galveston from 1990 to 2001 (NCEI Accession 0250966)
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic-identification surveys were conducted by the Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) Marine Mammal Behavioral Ecology Group, on the Texas coast and included Galveston Bay, West Bay, Matagorda Bay, Corpus Christi Bay, the lower Laguna Madre, and adjacent coastal waters from 1990 to 2001. Photos were initially collected using 35mm film cameras and converted into slides or developed into print photographs and archived in physical storage. The slide film and hardcopy images of individuals with distinct dorsal fin contours were later digitized and embedded with metadata. This dataset includes the digital photographs of dolphin groups, and individual dorsal fin images embedded with metadata including general geographic locations, dolphin mother-calf associations, calf identification, and dolphin group composition. This dataset also includes some tabular data that were recorded for the West Bay study area related to the digital photos.
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| temporal | 1990-01-10T00:00:00+00:00/2001-08-10T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic-identification images collected for abundance estimation, occurrence, association pattern, and behavioral observation studies using cameras from small boats in Texas bays, estuaries, and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters by Texas A&M University at Galveston from 1990 to 2001 (NCEI Accession 0250966) |
