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).

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:

Dropdown menu showing the acoustic metrics for the unweighted version.

Weighted metrics:

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.

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.

Secondary Constraint

  • Directory Structure:

    • The designated directory should contain both the Species Percent and Species Density files.

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:

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.

Spatial Probability/Density Grid Resolution