Atlantic Sturgeon and Sand Tiger Acoustic Detections Matched to Oceanographic Conditions in the Mid-Atlantic

Species locations obtained from acoustic telemetry are rarely related to the dynamic ocean conditions the marine animals were experiencing at receiver locations. Satellite-measured sea surface conditions from the MODIS-Aqua platform provide measurements of oceanographic conditions on time (daily) and space (1 km2) scales relevant to acoustic telemetry studies. Here we provide a dataset of matched species occurrence data, along with the concurrent static (bathymetry) and dynamic (remotely sensed sea surface conditions) environmental variables, for approximately 5 years (2009-2014) of acoustic telemetry data in the Delaware Bay and nearby coastal ocean. Our dataset focuses on two species of interest, the Sand Tiger (Carcharias taurus) and the Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus).

通过声学遥测（acoustic telemetry）获取的物种分布点位，往往难以与接收点位处海洋动物所经历的动态海洋环境条件建立直接关联。来自MODIS-Aqua平台的卫星遥感海面环境数据，可在与声学遥测研究适配的时间（每日）与空间（1平方千米）尺度上，获取对应的海洋学环境参数。本数据集整合了特拉华湾及邻近近岸海域2009年至2014年间约5年的声学遥测数据，包含经匹配的物种出现点位数据，以及同步采集的静态（水深地形（bathymetry））与动态（遥感海面环境参数）环境变量。本数据集聚焦两种目标物种：沙虎鲨（Carcharias taurus）与大西洋鲟（Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus）。