.. _03_species_properties: Species Properties -------------------- The species properties section of the SEAT QGIS plugin allows users to specify the species spatial probability/density directory and the species file averaged area. **Weighting**: The weighting dropdown shows the signal weighted metrics within the device model results files (see:ref:`paracousti_preprocessing`). .. figure:: ../../media/weighting_dropdown.webp :scale: 100 % :alt: Dropdown menu showing the signal weighted metrics **Acoustic Metric**: Unweighted and weighted variables present in the device model results files. Options change depending on weighting selected (see Paracousti Pre-Processing). Unweighted metrics: .. figure:: ../../media/acoustic_metrics_dropdown_unweighted.webp :scale: 100 % :alt: Dropdown menu showing the acoustic metrics for the unweighted version. Weighted metrics: .. figure:: ../../media/acoustic_metrics_dropdown_weighted.webp :scale: 100 % :alt: Dropdown menu showing the acoustic metrics for the weighted version. **Acoustic Threshold Value**: Threshold above which negative impacts are expected. The units update to match Acoustic Metric selected. .. figure:: ../../media/acoustic_threshold_value.webp :scale: 100 % :alt: Input box for the acoustic threshold value. Species Spatial Probability / Density Directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This input specifies the directory where the species present and species density files are located. Both files must be located within the same directory. .. figure:: ../../media/acoustics_species_spatial_probability_density_dir.webp :scale: 100 % :alt: Secondary Constraint - **Directory Structure**: - The designated directory should contain both the Species Percent and Species Density files. .. code-block:: none :caption: Species Spatial Probability / Density Directory Structure DEMO ├───pacwave │ ├───species │ │ ├───WhaleWatchPredictions_2021_01.csv │ │ ├───WhaleWatchPredictions_2021_02.csv │ │ ├───WhaleWatchPredictions_2021_03.csv │ │ ├───WhaleWatchPredictions_2021_04.csv An example of a file is shown below: .. code-block:: text :caption: WhaleWatchPredictions_2021_01.csv "","longitude","latitude","bathy","bathyrms","sst","chl","ssh","sshrms","month","year","fitmean","sdfit","percent","density","sddens","upper","lower" "1",225,30,-4878.5,145.013092041,19.3042380721481,0.131973730461833,0.10315625,NA,1,2021,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "2",225,30.25,-4845.25,94.5832061768,19.1984631521385,0.139408998412115,0.1158875,NA,1,2021,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "3",225,30.5,-4792,136.986038208,19.1373958299844,0.138623459694399,0.1290125,NA,1,2021,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA ... "6235",245,48.5,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,1,2021,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "6236",245,48.75,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,1,2021,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA "6237",245,49,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,1,2021,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA **Species File Averaged Area (km^2)** The grid size of the species percent and density files. This is used for scaling to each ParAcousti grid cell. Leave blank or set to 0 to prevent scaling. .. figure:: ../../media/species_file_averaged_area.webp :scale: 100 % :alt: Spatial Probability/Density Grid Resolution