Description
Original provider: NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Dataset credits: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Abstract: A spring marine mammals survey in Gulf of Mexico was conducted in 1992 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters. The survey was taken place along with Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) ichthyoplankton survey in coordination with Minerals Management Service. This dataset contains sightings of not only cetaceans but also other species including sea turtles, fish and shark observed during the ship survey. During the planned 54 survey days, 20 species were sighted, including Atlantic spotted dolphin Blainville’s beaked whale Bryde’s whale Clymene dolphin Dwarf sperm whale Dwarf/pygmy sperm whale False killer whale Fraser’s dolphin Killer whale Melon-headed whale Pantropical spotted dolphin Pygmy killer whale Risso's dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Short/Long-finned pilot whale Sperm whale Spinner dolphin Standard Bottlenose dolphin Striped dolphin The dataset is accompanied by transect data which is provided as a separate file. Purpose: The purpose of this survey is to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters. Specific objectives of this survey are: 1. Conduct line transect surveys of marine mammals to study their diversity, distribution and abundance. 2. Collect ichthyoplankton (particularly bluefin tuna eggs and larva) for distribution and abundance determinations. 3. Collect associated environmental data in order to study the factors which may ultimately affect the diversity, distribution and abundance of both ichthyoplankton and marine mammals. 4. Collect biopsy samples of marine mammals for genetic analysis in order to learn about the population structure of selected species. 5. Collect flying fish (Exocoetidae) samples in order to study their diversity and distribution in the Gulf of Mexico. Supplemental information: [2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Bridled Tern: Sterna anaethetus (176897) => Onychoprion anaethetus (824104) Franklin's Gull: Larus pipixcan (176838) => Leucophaeus pipixcan (824082) Gull-billed Tern: Sterna nilotica (176926) => Gelochelidon nilotica (176882) Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (176837) => Leucophaeus atricilla (824079) Least Tern: Sterna antillarum (176923) => Sternula antillarum (824127) Royal Tern: Sterna maxima (176922) => Thalasseus maximus (824142) Sandwich Tern: Sterna sandvicensis (176927) => Thalasseus sandvicensis (176932) Sooty Tern: Sterna fuscata (176894) => Onychoprion fuscatus (824105)
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,942 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Garrison, L. 2013. SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1992 (199). Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/13) on yyyy-mm-dd.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS-SEAMAP. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 9f5eb59d-e736-40c9-85e5-22f8c449ee82. OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting; Observation; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/13 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/13/xml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Owner ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
Geographic Coverage
Gulf Of Mexico
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [24.468, -96.32], North East [29.683, -83.989] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Superclass | Osteichthyes (bony fishes), Osteichthyes (bony fishes) |
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| Class | Aves (Birds), Aves (Birds), Aves (Birds), Aves (Birds) |
| Subclass | Elasmobranchii (cartilaginous fishes) |
| Order | Cetacea (cetaceans), Cetacea (cetaceans), Cetacea (cetaceans) |
| Suborder | Odontoceti (toothed whales) |
| Family | Istiophoridae (billfishes), Scombridae (albacores), Anatidae (Ducks), Ardeidae, Exocoetidae (flyingfishes), Laridae (Gulls), Sphyrnidae (bonnethead sharks), Delphinidae (dolphins), Procellariidae (Fulmars), Laridae (Gulls), Scombridae (albacores), Hyperoodontidae |
| Genus | Balaenoptera (baleen whales), Caranx (bigeye jacks), Sula, Kogia (pygmy sperm whales), Fregata, Mesoplodon (beaked whales), Phalaropus, Globicephala (pilot whales), Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels), Stenella (spinner dolphins), Stercorarius, Phaethon |
| Species | Stenella frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin), Puffinus lherminieri (Audubon's Shearwater), Oceanodroma castro (Band-rumped Storm Petrel), Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer), Chlidonias niger (Black Tern), Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's Beaked Whale), Onychoprion anaethetus (Bridled Tern), Pelecanus occidentalis (Brown Pelican), Balaenoptera edeni (Eden's whale), Stenella clymene (Clymene Dolphin), Coryphaena hippurus (dolphinfish), Kogia sima (Dwarf Sperm Whale), Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale), Sterna forsteri (Forster's Tern), Leucophaeus pipixcan (Franklin's Gull), Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's Dolphin), Gelochelidon nilotica (Gull-billed Tern), Larus argentatus (Herring Gull), Orcinus orca (Killer Whale), Leucophaeus atricilla (Laughing Gull), Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Leach's Storm Petrel), Sternula antillarum (Least Tern), Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback Sea Turtle), Sula dactylatra (Masked Booby), Peponocephala electra (Melon-headed Whale), Stenella attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin), Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic Jaeger), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine Jaeger), Feresa attenuata (Pygmy Killer Whale), Kogia breviceps (Pygmy Sperm Whale), Phaethon aethereus (Red-billed Tropicbird), Sula sula (Red-footed Booby), Grampus griseus (Risso's Dolphin), Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed Dolphin), Thalasseus maximus (Royal Tern), Thalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern), Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern), Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale), Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin), Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin), Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin), Rhincodon typus (whale shark), Oceanites oceanicus (Wilson's Storm Petrel), Thunnus albacares (yellowfin tuna) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1992-04-22 / 1992-06-07 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1992 (199) |
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| Funding | NA |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Owner
Sampling Methods
NA
| Study Extent | NA |
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Method step description:
- NA
Collection Data
| Collection Name | zd_13 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_13 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Purpose | The purpose of this survey is to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters. Specific objectives of this survey are: 1. Conduct line transect surveys of marine mammals to study their diversity, distribution and abundance. 2. Collect ichthyoplankton (particularly bluefin tuna eggs and larva) for distribution and abundance determinations. 3. Collect associated environmental data in order to study the factors which may ultimately affect the diversity, distribution and abundance of both ichthyoplankton and marine mammals. 4. Collect biopsy samples of marine mammals for genetic analysis in order to learn about the population structure of selected species. 5. Collect flying fish (Exocoetidae) samples in order to study their diversity and distribution in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 9f5eb59d-e736-40c9-85e5-22f8c449ee82 |
| http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_13 |