Martin and St. Lucie County Aerial Distribution Survey for Manatees (August 2010 to July 2012)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Publication_Date:
- Unpublished material
- Title:
- Martin and St. Lucie County Aerial Distribution Survey for Manatees (August 2010 to July 2012)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector digital data
- Online_Linkage:
- http://geodata.myfwc.com
- Description:
- Abstract:
- Aerial distribution surveys are used by marine mammal biologists from FWC and other agencies to determine the seasonal distribution of manatees. Most surveys are conducted from small, four-seat, high-winged airplanes (Cessna 172 or 182) flying at a height of 500-1000 ft at a speed of 70-90 kts. Small helicopters may be used instead of fixed wing aircraft in urban areas or where waters are particularly opaque and hovering may be required. Flights are usually five hours long and are most commonly flown every two weeks for two years. The surveys are designed to maximize the manatee counts by concentrating on shallow nearshore waters around the state where manatees and their primary food source, sea grasses, are located. Flight paths curve parallel to the shoreline, and the airplane circles when manatees are spotted until a count of the number of animals in each group is obtained. Offshore waters are usually not surveyed. Dolphin and sea turtle sightings are recorded opportunistically. All aerial data are recorded on paper maps and entered into a GIS shapefile for spatial analysis. GIS is a computer software system for representing data spatially and for conducting spatial analyses. Surveys of Martin and St. Lucie County were flown twice a month from August 2010 to July 2012. FWC staff members were observers for these flights. The survey area includes Ft. Pierce Inlet, Indian River, St. Lucie Inlet, St. Lucie River (North and South Fork), North Fork, Loxahatchee River, Jupiter Sound, and Hobe Sound.
- Purpose:
- To determine the seasonal distribution of manatees in Martin and St. Lucie County, FL.
- Supplemental_Information:
- --Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.--
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date:
- 20100809
- Ending_Date:
- 20120725
- Currentness_Reference:
- Survey dates
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- None Planned
- Spatial_Domain:
- Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
- Martin and St. Lucie County, Florida
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -80.38
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -80.06
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 27.56
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 26.97
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- FWRItheme
- Theme_Keyword:
- manatees
- Theme_Keyword:
- marine mammals
- Theme_Keyword:
- threatened and endangered (turtles, whales, manatees, sturgeon)
- Theme_Keyword:
- research
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- biota
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Operational Tiers
- Theme_Keyword:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Theme_Keyword:
- Wildlife Research
- Theme_Keyword:
- Marine Mammal Research
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- FWRIplace
- Place_Keyword:
- Florida
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Florida Counties
- Place_Keyword:
- Martin
- Place_Keyword:
- St. Lucie
- Temporal:
- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Temporal_Keyword:
- winter, spring, summer, fall
- Taxonomy:
- Keywords/Taxon:
- Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- FWRI common name
- Taxonomic_Keywords:
- manatee
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Kingdom
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Animalia
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Division
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Chordata
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Class
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Mammalia
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Super Order
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Paenungulata
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Order
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Sirenia
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Family
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Trichechidae
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Genus
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Trichechus
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Species
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- manatus
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- subspecies
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Latirostris
- Access_Constraints:
- All data must be verified by Principle Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.
- Use_Constraints:
- Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City:
- St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province:
- FL
- Postal_Code:
- 33701-5095
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 727-823-0166
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- metadata@MyFWC.com
- Hours_of_Service:
- 8:00 - 5:00 Eastern Standard Time
- Browse_Graphic:
- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
- https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/fwc/fwri/wr/mmr/Manatees/Manatee_11-161_MRGIS/idinfo/browse/BrowseGraphic_Dist_Martin_StLucie_2010_2012.jpg
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- Image of survey area
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
- JPEG
- Data_Set_Credit:
- Flights were flown and data were collected by FWC staff. Data were entered and verified by FWC staff. Use of these data must be credited in any reports or other written publications by the following sentence: "Manatee specific data used in analyses were collected under scientific research permit #MA773494 issued to FWC-FWRI."
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- ArcGIS
- Program_Affiliation:
- Program_Name:
- Florida Wildlife Commission
- Program_Name:
- Florida Wildlife Commission
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- All data were double verified through the data entry and QA/QC process.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- not applicable
- Completeness_Report:
- 48 total flights. All surveys were completed as scheduled.
- Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- Manatee location point(s) are digitized sightings recorded by hand on paper maps generated specifically for the Martin and St. Lucie County survey.
- Lineage:
- Methodology:
- Methodology_Type:
- Field
- Methodology_Identifier:
- Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- aerial survey
- Methodology_Keyword:
- aerial survey
- Methodology_Keyword:
- population
- Methodology_Description:
- Surveys were conducted 2 days per month for two years unless otherwise noted in the completeness report, covering all of the manatee's habitats in Martin and St. Lucie County. Most surveys are conducted by FWC staff from Cessna 172 aircraft at 500-1000 ft and 70-90 kts.
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- After the survey, sightings are assigned a unique ID number, and data are digitized as points into a GIS shapefile. For surveys with two observers, all sightings from the primary observer's maps are digitized. Any additional sightings from the secondary observer's maps are digitized. In cases where both surveyors recorded the same sighting, the number of adults and calves recorded by the primary observer was entered into the shapefile. The location of the point and the attribute information are verified after digitization. The location of the point and the attribute information are verified after digitization. Sightings were plotted in reference to the 2004 DOQQ imagery and FWC-FWRI Wildlife Research Marine Mammal section 40K shoreline. This dataset is subset to only include manatee sightings, though sea turtle and/or dolphin sightings may have been recorded.
- Process_Date:
- 2012
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- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
- Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
- Data retrieved from the geodata.myfwc.com are projected to Web Mercator. Data received directly from FWC staff remain in the custom PCS Albers projection (detailed in the Spatial Reference Information section).
- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:
- Point
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- Point
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 1864
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- Spatial_Reference_Information:
- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
- Planar:
- Map_Projection:
- Map_Projection_Name:
- Albers Conical Equal Area
- Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
- Standard_Parallel:
- 24.0
- Standard_Parallel:
- 31.5
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:
- -84.0
- Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:
- 24.0
- False_Easting:
- 400000.0
- False_Northing:
- 0.0
- Planar_Coordinate_Information:
- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate_Representation:
- Abscissa_Resolution:
- 0.000001
- Ordinate_Resolution:
- 0.000001
- Planar_Distance_Units:
- meters
- Geodetic_Model:
- Horizontal_Datum_Name:
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name:
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis:
- 6378137.0
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
- 298.257222101
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label:
- Dist_Martin_StLucie_2010_2012_Sightings.shp
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- GIS shapefile containing location and associated attribute data for each manatee observed in the Martin and St. Lucie County aerial distribution survey.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
- FWC-FWRI
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- ADULTS
- Attribute_Definition:
- Number of adults sighted in the group
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- >1
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- BEHAVIOR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Observed behavior of the animal(s)
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- BR
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Bottom resting
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- C
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Cavorting
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- F
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Feeding
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- M
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Mating
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SR
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Surface resting
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- T
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Traveling
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- U
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- No behavior was recorded
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- R
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Resting
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- CALVES
- Attribute_Definition:
- Number of calves sighted in the group
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- >1
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- MONTH
- Attribute_Definition:
- Month the survey was flown
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- January
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- February
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 3
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- March
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 4
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- April
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- May
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- June
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 7
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- July
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- August
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- September
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- October
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 11
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- November
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 12
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- December
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- DAY
- Attribute_Definition:
- Day of the month the survey was flown
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 31
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- REF_NO
- Attribute_Definition:
- Reference number of a sighting, depicted as a single point in the GIS shapefile
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1001
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 49015
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- DATE_
- Attribute_Definition:
- Date the survey was flown
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 08/09/2010
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 07/25/2012
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- mm/dd/yyyy
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- SPECIES
- Attribute_Definition:
- Species of animal observed
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- M
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Manatee
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- TOTAL
- Attribute_Definition:
- Total number of animals sighted in the group
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- >1
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- YEAR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Year the survey was flown
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 2010
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Survey was flown in 2010
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 2011
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Survey was flown in 2011
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- 2012
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Survey was flown in 2012
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- DIRECTION
- Attribute_Definition:
- If the behavior was recorded as traveling, this field indicates the direction the animal was traveling.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- N
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- North
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- NE
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Northeast
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- E
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- East
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SE
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Southeast
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- S
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- South
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- SW
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Southwest
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- W
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- West
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- NW
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Northwest
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- U
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Indicates that the direction of travel was not recorded
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
- Enumerated_Domain_Value:
- N/A
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Direction is not applicable because the animal's behavior was either not recorded or was recorded as something other than traveling
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
- Producer-defined
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- Distribution_Information:
- Distributor:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Position:
- Metadata Technician
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing address
- Address:
- Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City:
- St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province:
- FL
- Postal_Code:
- 33701-5095
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 727-823-0166
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- metadata@MyFWC.com
- Hours_of_Service:
- 08:00 am - 05:00pm EST
- Distribution_Liability:
- This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.
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- Digital_Form:
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- Format_Name:
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- 201210
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- Digital or electronic dataset. Transmittal by ftp, e-mail, or CD.
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- Online_Option:
- Computer_Contact_Information:
- Network_Address:
- Network_Resource_Name:
- ftp or e-mail
- Fees:
- none
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- Contact Group Metadata Technician
- Turnaround:
- Approximately ten working days, depending on workload and amount of information requested.
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20121026
- Metadata_Review_Date:
- 20121026
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City:
- St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province:
- FL
- Postal_Code:
- 33701-5095
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 727-823-0166
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- metadata@MyFWC.com
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- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention:
- local time
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- All data must be credited to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
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