Description
Original provider: NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Dataset credits: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Abstract: A winter marine mammals survey in Gulf of Mexico was conducted in 1993 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters. The survey was followed by a similar spring survey in 1993. 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 31 survey days, 10 species were sighted, including Atlantic spotted dolphin Clymene dolphin Melon-headed whale Pantropical spotted dolphin Pygmy sperm whale Short/Long-finned pilot whale Sperm whale 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. Complete a line transect survey of the study area for marine mammals during daylight hours following prescribed transects. 2. Collect ichthyoplankton samples for the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) during the non-daylight hours using neuston, bongo and Tucker trawls. 3. Obtain associated environmental and oceanographic data. Supplemental information: [2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Bonaparte's Gull: Larus philadelphia (176839) => Chroicocephalus philadelphia (824040) Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (176837) => Leucophaeus atricilla (824079) Royal Tern: Sterna maxima (176922) => Thalasseus maximus (824142) 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 836 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 1993 (W). Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15) 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: 21ad676e-2b33-4134-83c5-c79d7a80ff69. 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/15 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15/xml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Gulf Of Mexico
Bounding Coordinates | South West [26.03, -96.076], North East [29.332, -87.725] |
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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 | Scyphozoa (jellyfish), Aves (Birds), Aves (Birds), Aves (Birds) |
Subclass | Elasmobranchii (cartilaginous fishes) |
Order | Cetacea (cetaceans) |
Suborder | Odontoceti (toothed whales) |
Family | Scombridae (albacores), Anatidae (Ducks), Exocoetidae (flyingfishes), Laridae (Gulls), Procellariidae (Fulmars), Procellariidae (Fulmars), Laridae (Gulls), Scombridae (albacores), Hyperoodontidae |
Genus | Caranx (bigeye jacks), Chloroscombrus (bumpers), Globicephala (pilot whales), Stenella (spinner dolphins), Stercorarius, Phalacrocorax |
Species | Stenella frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin), Puffinus lherminieri (Audubon's Shearwater), Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Bonaparte's Gull), Stenella clymene (Clymene Dolphin), Larus argentatus (Herring Gull), Leucophaeus atricilla (Laughing Gull), Sula dactylatra (Masked Booby), Peponocephala electra (Melon-headed Whale), Morus bassanus (Northern Gannet), Stenella attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine Jaeger), Kogia breviceps (Pygmy Sperm Whale), Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull), Thalasseus maximus (Royal Tern), Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern), Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale), Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin), Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin) |
Temporal Coverage
Start Date / End Date | 1993-01-06 / 1993-02-12 |
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Project Data
No Description available
Title | SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (W) |
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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:
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Collection Data
Collection Name | zd_15 |
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Collection Identifier | zd_15 |
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. Complete a line transect survey of the study area for marine mammals during daylight hours following prescribed transects. 2. Collect ichthyoplankton samples for the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) during the non-daylight hours using neuston, bongo and Tucker trawls. 3. Obtain associated environmental and oceanographic data. |
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Alternative Identifiers | 21ad676e-2b33-4134-83c5-c79d7a80ff69 |
http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_15 |