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NMML Small Cetacean Aerial Survey 1999

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Description

Original provider: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Dataset credits: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Abstract: The National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) conducted an aerial survey for small cetaceans from 5 June to 4 July, 1999 in Bristol Bay and along southwestern Alaska Peninsula (out to the 1,829 m [1,000 fm] depth contour). A total of 8,522 km were surveyed in a Dehavilland Twin Otter at 152.5 m (500 ft) altitude and 185 km/hr (100 kts). Two overlapping sawtooth lines were designed along the coastline of Bristol Bay. Both sides of each sawtooth were approximately 37 km with a 46 km base. Large bays were also included in the survey. Primary observers searched through bubble windows on the left and right sides of the aircraft and reported sightings to a computer operator. To estimate a perception bias correction factor for this study, an independent observer was added at a belly window position to determine the number of animals in the immediate vicinity of the trackline that were missed by the primary observers. There were 215 sightings of harbor porpoise (260 individuals), 12 Dall's porpoise (24 individuals), and 16 Pacific white-sided dolphins (170 individuals) while surveying tracklines. Additional cetacean sightings included 12 gray whales (13 individuals), 18 humpback whales (29 individuals), 8 minke whales (13 individuals), and 3 killer whales (11 individuals). Purpose: The current study (1997-1999) will provide new abundance estimates for each stock of harbor porpoise and Dall's porpoise. Although the previous harbor porpoise surveys (1991-1993) used a vessel platform for the inside waters of southeast Alaska (Dahlheim et al. 1992, 1993, 1994), the current survey was conducted entirely from aircraft. However, a concurrent vessel survey in a selected portion of southeastern Alaska and a calibration study with the survey vessel. We report here the results from the third year of surveys (1999). References: Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and C. Goebel-Diaz. 1992. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in southeast Alaska, Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and R. Towell. 1993. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in southeast Alaska, Kodiak Island, and the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, 1992. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and R. Towell. 1994. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in southeast Alaska and the offshore waters of Dixon Entrance to Prince William Sound, 1993. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

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Hobbs, R. 2013. NMML Small Cetacean Aerial Survey 1999. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/117) on yyyy-mm-dd.

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence,aerial survey,survey,arial,cetacean,porpoise,Aircraft,Sightings; Observation; Occurrence

External data

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OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/117 UTF-8 Interactive map
FGDC Metadata http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/117/xml UTF-8 XML

Contacts

Roderick Hobbs
  • Owner
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Primary contact
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
OBIS-SEAMAP
  • Metadata Provider
  • Distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
27708 Durham
NC
US

Geographic Coverage

Alaska,Gulf of Alaska,Southeast Alaska,Bristol Bay,Bering Sea

Bounding Coordinates South West [53.934, -164.769], North East [59.071, -157.071]

Taxonomic Coverage

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Order Cetacea (cetaceans), Cetacea (cetaceans)
Species Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale), Eumetopias jubatus (Steller Sea Lion), Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale), Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific White-sided Dolphin), Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale), Orcinus orca (Killer Whale), Odobenus rosmarus (Walrus), Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's Porpoise), Phocoena phocoena (Harbor Porpoise), Phoca vitulina (Harbor Seal)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1999-06-11 / 1999-07-04

Project Data

No Description available

Title NMML Small Cetacean Aerial Survey 1999
Funding NA

The personnel involved in the project:

Roderick Hobbs
  • Owner

Sampling Methods

NA

Study Extent NA

Method step description:

  1. NA

Collection Data

Collection Name zd_117
Collection Identifier zd_117
Parent Collection Identifier OBIS-SEAMAP

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Purpose The current study (1997-1999) will provide new abundance estimates for each stock of harbor porpoise and Dall's porpoise. Although the previous harbor porpoise surveys (1991-1993) used a vessel platform for the inside waters of southeast Alaska (Dahlheim et al. 1992, 1993, 1994), the current survey was conducted entirely from aircraft. However, a concurrent vessel survey in a selected portion of southeastern Alaska and a calibration study with the survey vessel. We report here the results from the third year of surveys (1999). References: Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and C. Goebel-Diaz. 1992. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in southeast Alaska, Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and R. Towell. 1993. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in southeast Alaska, Kodiak Island, and the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, 1992. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and R. Towell. 1994. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in southeast Alaska and the offshore waters of Dixon Entrance to Prince William Sound, 1993. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_117