Quantifying Southern Sea Otter Reactions to a Quadcopter Drone - Central California - 2020-2022
These data include sea otter behavior codes, drone altitudes, sea otter demographic information, and environmental conditions. This project involved documenting sea otter behaviors in the absence and presence of a quadcopter drone to determine the impact of the drone on sea otter behavior. The purpose of the project was to inform guidelines for minimizing drone disturbance to sea otters. This data and metadata were submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff though the Data Management Plan (DMP) framework with the id: DMP000734. For more information, please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data.
Data files
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Sea Otter Drone Disturbance Data 2020 and 2022 These data include sea otter behavior codes, drone altitudes, sea otter demographic information, and environmental conditions. This project involved documenting sea otter behaviors in the absence and presence of a quadcopter drone to determine the impact of the drone on sea otter behavior. The purpose of the project was to inform guidelines for minimizing drone disturbance to sea otters. This data and metadata were submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff though the Data Management Plan (DMP) framework with the id: DMP000734. For more information, please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data. | Download | ZIP | 04/14/26 |
Supporting files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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CDFW DMP Metadata Worksheet Sea Otter Drone Disturbance California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Data Management Plan (DMP) metadata worksheet. For more information on scientific data in CDFW please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data. | XLSX | 04/14/26 |