Description
Original provider: Minerals Management Service Dataset credits: Minerals Management Service Abstract: This dataset is from the Oregon and Washington marine mammal and seabird surveys studies: Oregon/Washington ship [bird and mammal observations] study code: MF, Contract number: 14-12-0001-30426, Principal investigators: G. A. Green, Ebasco Environmental, Bellevue, Washington, M. L. Bonnell and K. T. Briggs, Ecological Consulting, Inc., Portland, Oregon. Time period: April 1989 through October 1990 Study area: Pacific Ocean waters of Oregon and Washington from the coast to approximately 60 nautical miles offshore. Methodology: Aerial surveys were conducted along 32 pre-established transects designed to systematically sample marine mammal and seabird abundance in all waters of the study area. Coastal surveys and one shelf break survey were also conducted. Standard transects provided systematic coverage of shelf, slope, and offshore waters in the study area. Sightings of seabirds, pinnipeds, cetaceans, and turtles were recorded. Seabird sightings were recorded only on the shaded side of the aircraft within a strip transect of 50 m width. Marine mammal and turtle sightings were recorded within an unbounded corridor. Declination angle was measured and noted for each marine mammal/turtle sightings and later used to calculate a probability density function of frequency with right-angle sighting distance. Navigation was by Loran and VLF-Omega. One ship survey was also conducted from aboard the NOAA ship Miller Freeman during August 1989. Databases produced: 1) sightings of seabirds and marine mammals on 12 aerial surveys and one ship cruise, and 2) sightings of cetaceans on 12 aerial surveys and one ship cruise. Purpose: Objectives of the study were to review and analyze all available literature and databases concerning marine mammal and seabird diversity, distribution, and abundance in the Oregon-Washington coastal and offshore areas, to conduct field surveys over a 18-month period, and to prepare reports summarizing the findings. 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)" "Caspian Tern: Sterna caspia (176924) => Hydroprogne caspia (176935)" "Red Phalarope: Phalaropus fulicaria (554376) => Phalaropus fulicarius (176734)" Larus sabini (176865) => Xema sabini (176866) Larus tridactyla (176874) => Rissa tridactyla (176875)
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 5,790 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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Ford, G. and J. Casey. 2013. MMS Ship Survey, PNW 1989. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/42) on yyyy-mm-dd.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS-SEAMAP. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 432c6c7c-45e0-43d1-b1d6-a8d2a3a527db. 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 | http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/42 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/42/xml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Northeastern Pacific Ocean
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [40.83, -127.849], North East [49.923, -124.039] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Subclass | Elasmobranchii (cartilaginous fishes) |
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| Order | Ciconiiformes (Auks), Ciconiiformes (Auks), Ciconiiformes (Auks), Ciconiiformes (Auks), Ciconiiformes (Auks), Ciconiiformes (Auks) |
| Family | Scolopacidae, Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles), Procellariidae (Fulmars), Procellariidae (Fulmars), Laridae (Gulls) |
| Genus | Balaenoptera (baleen whales), Phalaropus, Stercorarius |
| Species | Brachyramphus marmoratus (Marbled Murrelet), Callorhinus ursinus (Northern Fur Seal), Cepphus columba (Pigeon Guillemot), Cerorhinca monocerata (Rhinoceros Auklet), Phoebastria nigripes (Black-footed Albatross), Fulmarus glacialis (Northern Fulmar), Grampus griseus (Risso's Dolphin), Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific White-sided Dolphin), Larus argentatus (Herring Gull), Larus californicus (California Gull), Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull), Larus glaucescens (Glaucous-winged Gull), Larus heermanni (Heermann's Gull), Larus occidentalis (Western Gull), Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Bonaparte's Gull), Xema sabini (Sabine's Gull), Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged Kittiwake), Lissodelphis borealis (Northern Right Whale Dolphin), Fratercula cirrhata (Tufted Puffin), Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale), Mola mola (ocean sunfish), Oceanodroma furcata (Fork-tailed Storm Petrel), Oceanodroma homochroa (Ashy Storm Petrel), Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Leach's Storm Petrel), Pandion haliaetus (Osprey), Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's Cormorant), Phalaropus fulicarius (Red Phalarope), Phalaropus lobatus (Red-necked Phalarope), Phoca vitulina (Harbor Seal), Phocoena phocoena (Harbor Porpoise), Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's Porpoise), Prionace glauca (blue shark), Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Cassin's Auklet), Puffinus creatopus (Pink-footed Shearwater), Puffinus griseus (Sooty Shearwater), Stercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed Jaeger), Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar Skua), Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic Jaeger), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine Jaeger), Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian Tern), Sterna hirundo (Common Tern), Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern), Uria aalge (Common Murre), Zalophus californianus (California Sea Lion) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1989-08-02 / 1989-08-21 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | MMS Ship Survey, PNW 1989 |
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| Funding | NA |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Sampling Methods
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| Study Extent | NA |
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Method step description:
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | zd_42 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_42 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Purpose | Objectives of the study were to review and analyze all available literature and databases concerning marine mammal and seabird diversity, distribution, and abundance in the Oregon-Washington coastal and offshore areas, to conduct field surveys over a 18-month period, and to prepare reports summarizing the findings. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_42 |