An Open-Source Tool Adapted to Assess Vessel Strike Risk to Whales Near an Active Seaport

This repository contains the data and code associated with the manuscript: An Open-Source Tool Adapted to Assess Vessel Strike Risk by Vessel Type for Endangered Whales in San Francisco Bay Authors: Rebekah S. Lane, Max Czapanskiy, Thomas J. Moore, William Keener, Lisabet M. Hortensius, Jerry Davis, Tim M. Markowitz, Ellen Hines Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin, in submission DOI: to be updated upon acceptanceData is published on Zenodo. Data includes a study area shapefile, AIS data by month and year (available also for download at marinecadastre.gov), and anonymized whale sightings data curated by The Marine Mammal Center.Code is published on Github at https://github.com/beks0922/SFBay_Mn_HRA. This code produces the inputs necessary to run the InVEST Habitat Risk Assessmentmodel. (See user guide here http://releases.naturalcapitalproject.org/invest-userguide/latest/en/habitat_risk_assessment.html).