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<p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:"Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:14px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>High use areas were developed for ocean planning uses. These areas were created using the species density models that were created from the GOMMAPPS line transect surveys. WHile the SDMs encompass the Gulf as a region, these high use areas were limited to US territorial waters. </span><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; display:inline !important; float:none; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.5; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>the maximum across all predicted monthly densities was selected for each spatial cell. Each spatial cell was then coded as being above or below the median of the distribution of these maximum densities to identify high use areas. More information on how these high use areas were developed, and how they can be used in ocean planning can be found in “ </span><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Protected species considerations for ocean planning: A case study for offshore wind energy development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico” (Farmer et al. 2023.)</span></span></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:"Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'><span style='color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:inherit; font-size:14px;'><span style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; line-height:1.5;'>Citation: </span></span>Farmer, Nicholas A., et al. “Protected Species Considerations for Ocean Planning: A Case Study for Offshore Wind Energy Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.” <i>Marine and Coastal Fisheries</i>, vol. 15, no. 3, 2023, Article e10246, <a style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 97, 155); font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5; text-decoration:none;' target='_new'>https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10246</a></p><p style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family:"Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin:0px 0px 1.5rem; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>Paper DOI: <a style='border:0px solid currentcolor; box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(0, 97, 155); font-family:inherit; line-height:1.5; text-decoration:none;' target='_blank' href='https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10246' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10246</a></p>
High use area for Shelf Atlantic Spotted dolphins was developed for ocean planning uses. This areas was created using the species density models that were created from the GOMMAPPS line transect surveys
Farmer, Nicholas A., et al. “Protected Species Considerations for Ocean Planning: A Case Study for Offshore Wind Energy Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.” Marine and Coastal Fisheries, vol. 15, no. 3, 2023, Article e10246, https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10246
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