Description
Original provider: APEM, Normandeau Associates Dataset credits: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Normandeau Associates Inc., APEM Ltd. Abstract: Normandeau Associates, Inc., and APEM Inc. (Team) have been contracted by BOEM to complete quarterly high-altitude aerial digital surveys in a 12-month period. The Team proposes to conduct the first survey in February 2018 and complete all four surveys in the 2018 calendar year. The South Atlantic Survey area (SASA) is defined as the area of the ocean off the coast of North and South Carolina out to the -30-m contour line. The approximate size of the area is 11,000 square nautical miles. Transect surveys will cover a minimum of 5% of the SASA.In addition, 10% of the total area within the Kitty Hawk, Wilmington East, and Wilmington West Wind Energy Areas –as well as the South Carolina–Grand Stand Call Area will be surveyed. The planned image resolution of all the imagery for the project will be 1.5-cm ground sampling distance at the surface of the ocean. Option Year 1 includes four surveys of each these areas from Jan/Feb 2018 to Dec 2018.
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 132,081 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:
Vukovich, M. 2022. Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 1. Version 1.4.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/47a6c4f3.
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 (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 874ff2f9-f515-435b-afb1-bc282ef3fa67. 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; Digital Aerial; Aircraft; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2065 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2065/fgdc UTF-8 XML |
| EML Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2065/eml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Owner ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Primary contact
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
- A328 LSRC building
Geographic Coverage
North Atlantic,North Carolina,South Carolina
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [31.799, -80.765], North East [36.546, 36.546] |
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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 | Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous fishes), Mammalia (Mammals) |
| Subclass | Elasmobranchii (Cartilaginous fishes) |
| Order | Cetacea (Cetaceans), Ciconiiformes (Ciconiiformes), Myliobatiformes (stingrays), Passeriformes (Perching birds), Perciformes (perch-like fishes), Procellariiformes (Tube-nosed Swimmers) |
| Family | Alcidae (Murres), Anatidae (Ducks), Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks), Centrarchidae (Sunfishes), Cheloniidae (Sea turtles), Delphinidae (Dolphins), Echeneidae (Remoras), Gaviidae (Divers), Istiophoridae (Billfishes), Laridae (Gulls), Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants), Procellariidae (Fulmars / petrels / shearwaters), Sphyrnidae (Bonnethead sharks), Stercorariidae (Skuas), Sulidae (Boobies) |
| Genus | Gavia (Loons), Melanitta (Scoters), Phalaropus (Phalaropes), Sterna (Typical Terns), Uria (Murres) |
| Species | Aetobatus narinari (Spotted eagle ray), Alca torda (Razorbill), Alle alle (Dovekie), Alopias vulpinus (thresher shark), Anas rubripes (American black duck), Ardea herodias (Great blue heron), Aythya affinis (Lesser scaup), Aythya marila (Greater scaup), Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Common minke whale), Butorides virescens (Green Heron), Calidris alpina (Dunlin), Calonectris diomedea (Cory's shearwater), Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky shark), Carcharodon carcharias (Great white shark), Caretta caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle), Cetorhinus maximus (Basking shark), Chelonia mydas (Green sea turtle), Chlidonias niger (Black tern), Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Bonaparte's gull), Clangula hyemalis (Long-tailed duck), Coryphaena hippurus (Dolphinfish), Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked common dolphin), Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle), Egretta thula (Snowy egret), Eubalaena glacialis (North Atlantic right whale), Falco peregrinus (Peregrine falcon), Fratercula arctica (Atlantic puffin), Fulmarus glacialis (Northern fulmar), Galeocerdo cuvier (Tiger shark), Gavia immer (Common loon), Gavia stellata (Red-throated loon), Gelochelidon nilotica (Gull-billed tern), Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin), Histrio histrio (Sargassum frogfish), Hydrocoloeus minutus (Little gull), Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian tern), Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic white-sided dolphin), Larus argentatus (Herring gull), Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed gull), Larus fuscus (Lesser black-backed gull), Larus glaucoides (Iceland gull), Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous gull), Larus marinus (Great black-backed gull), Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's ridley), Leucophaeus atricilla (Laughing gull), Makaira nigricans (Blue marlin), Manta birostris (Atlantic manta), Masturus lanceolatus (Sharptail mola), Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale), Melanitta fusca (Velvet scoter), Melanitta nigra (Black scoter), Melanitta perspicillata (Surf scoter), Mergus serrator (Red-breasted merganser), Mobula mobular (Giant Devil Ray), Mobula tarapacana (Sicklefin devil ray), Mola mola (Ocean sunfish), Morus bassanus (Northern gannet), Myliobatis freminvillii (Bullnose ray), Onychoprion anaethetus (Bridled tern), Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (American white pelican), Pelecanus occidentalis (Brown pelican), Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested cormorant), Phalaropus fulicarius (Red phalarope), Phalaropus lobatus (Red-necked phalarope), Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise), Podiceps auritus (Horned grebe), Pterodroma hasitata (Black-capped petrel), Puffinus gravis (Great shearwater), Puffinus griseus (Sooty shearwater), Puffinus puffinus (Manx shearwater), Rachycentron canadum (Cobia), Rhinoptera bonasus (Cownose ray), Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged kittiwake), Sphyrna lewini (Scalloped hammerhead), Sphyrna zygaena (Smooth hammerhead), Squalus acanthias (Piked dogfish), Stenella attenuata (Pantropical spotted dolphin), Stenella frontalis (Atlantic spotted dolphin), Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic jaeger), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine jaeger), Stercorarius skua (Great skua), Sterna forsteri (Forster's tern), Sterna hirundo (Common tern), Thalasseus maximus (Royal tern), Thalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich tern), Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic bluefin tuna), Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2018-01-31 / 2018-12-22 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 1 |
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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_2065 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_2065 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Bibliographic Citations
- APEM and Normandeau Associates prepared for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). 2020. Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 1. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1817) on yyyy-mm-dd https://remote.normandeau.com
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS. [2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected. BLACK SCOTER: Melanitta nigra americana => Melanitta nigra GREAT SHEARWATER: Aythya marila => Puffinus gravis GREAT SKUA: Puffinus gravis => Stercorarius skua GREATER SCAUP: Stercorarius skua => Aythya marila [2022-05-09] The following records (snag_id) got identified species changed. 00044126812ab7c63052: Chilean Devil Ray to Remora unid. 00054126817f2c5c3500: Sterna Tern-species unknown to Tern-species unknown 000541268184f3c9011f: Sterna Tern-species unknown to Tern-species unknown 0007412681632ac959aa: Chilean Devil Ray to Ray-species unknown 0007412681f54ad065fe: Loggerhead Turtle to Kemp's Ridley Turtle 000941268046d89cf951: Bullnose Ray to Spotted Eagle Ray 00094126804af560bab4: Chilean Devil Ray to Ray-species unknown [2020-08-20] An attribute of flight heights was added. Additional fish shoal information was added resulting in more records. The areas defined for survey were the South Atlantic Survey Area (SASA), Kitty Hawk (KH) Wind Energy Area (WEA), Wilmington East (WE) WEA, Wilmington West (WW) WEA, Grand Stand Call Area (GSCA), Charleston Call Area (CCA), and fish spawning areas SMZ 51 (A51) and SMZ 53 (A53). SASA surveys are linear transects flown in a saw tooth pattern out to the -30-m contour line along the entire South Carolina and North Carolina coasts. These surveys included the CCA, A51 and A53 areas. The overlap portion of SASA and CCA is designated "SASA,CCA"; the overlap portion of SASA and A51 is designated "SASA,A51"; and the overlap portion of SASA and A53 is designated "SASA,A53".The WEAs and GSCA areas are grid surveys through the area plus a 1NM buffer. GSCA and WW share survey overlap and that overlap portion is designated as "GSCA,WW".The SASA survey area overlaps portions of CCA, A51 and A53 areas and overlapped areas are designated by the area name "SASA,CCA"; "SASA,A51"; or "SASA,A53". GSCA and WW also share survey overlap and that area is designated by "GSCA,WW".DISCLAIMERStudy concept, oversight, and funding were provided by the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Environmental Studies Program, Washington, DC, under Contract Number M17PC00010; Order M17PD00063. This report has been technically reviewed by BOEM, and it has been approved for publication. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the US Government, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
| Purpose | N/A |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 10.82144/47a6c4f3 |
| 874ff2f9-f515-435b-afb1-bc282ef3fa67 | |
| https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2065 | |
| 5055f146-1a0a-41be-a747-24968c2cf584 | |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2065 |