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.
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 835 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. 2020. SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (W). Version 2.3.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/11db62f7.
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; Observation; Marine Biology; Visual sighting; Marine Animal Survey; Marine mammals; Seabirds; Sea turtles; Vessel; Visual Sighting; 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/fgdc UTF-8 XML |
| EML Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15/eml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Owner ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Primary contact
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
- A328 LSRC building
Geographic Coverage
Oceans,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) |
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| Class | Aves (Birds), Scyphozoa (Jellyfish) |
| Subclass | Elasmobranchii (Cartilaginous fishes) |
| Order | Cetacea (Cetaceans) |
| Suborder | Odontoceti (Toothed whales) |
| Family | Anatidae (Ducks), Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes), Hyperoodontidae (Beaked whales), Laridae (Gulls), Procellariidae (Fulmars / petrels / shearwaters), Scombridae (Albacores) |
| Genus | Caranx (Bigeye jacks), Chloroscombrus (Bumpers), Globicephala (Pilot whales), Phalacrocorax (Cormorants), Stenella (Spinner dolphins), Stercorarius (Jaegers) |
| Species | Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Bonaparte's gull), Kogia breviceps (Pygmy sperm whale), Larus argentatus (Herring gull), Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed gull), Leucophaeus atricilla (Laughing gull), Morus bassanus (Northern gannet), Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty tern), Peponocephala electra (Melon-headed whale), Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm whale), Puffinus lherminieri (Audubon's shearwater), Stenella attenuata (Pantropical spotted dolphin), Stenella clymene (Clymene dolphin), Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped dolphin), Stenella frontalis (Atlantic spotted dolphin), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine jaeger), Sula dactylatra (Masked booby), Thalasseus maximus (Royal tern), Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose 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:
- NA
Collection Data
| Collection Name | zd_15 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_15 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Bibliographic Citations
- NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 1993. Cruise Results; Marine Mammals/Ichthyoplankton Survey; NOAA Ship Oregon II Cruise 93-01 (203).
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 | https://doi.org/10.82144/11db62f7 |
| https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15 | |
| https://www.gbif.org/dataset/21ad676e-2b33-4134-83c5-c79d7a80ff69 | |
| https://obis.org/dataset/d7c2b12a-0a12-4b16-8bfe-79fabde4cb8c | |
| 21ad676e-2b33-4134-83c5-c79d7a80ff69 | |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_15 |