MMS Ship Survey, PNW 1989

Occurrence Observation
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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.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Ford, G. and J. Casey. 2020. MMS Ship Survey, PNW 1989. Version 2.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e2565edc.

Rights

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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; 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/42 UTF-8 Interactive map
FGDC Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/42/fgdc UTF-8 XML
EML Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/42/eml UTF-8 XML

Contacts

Janet Casey
  • Owner ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Primary contact
Janet Casey
Glenn Ford
  • Owner ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Primary contact
Glenn Ford
OBIS-SEAMAP
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
  • A328 LSRC building
27708 Durham
NC
US

Geographic Coverage

Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Bounding Coordinates South West [40.83, -127.849], North East [49.923, 49.923]

Taxonomic Coverage

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Subclass Elasmobranchii (Cartilaginous fishes)
Order Ciconiiformes (Ciconiiformes)
Family Alcidae (Murres), Cheloniidae (Sea turtles), Laridae (Gulls), Procellariidae (Fulmars / petrels / shearwaters), Scolopacidae (Sandpipers)
Genus Balaenoptera (Baleen whales), Phalaropus (Phalaropes), Stercorarius (Jaegers)
Species Brachyramphus marmoratus (Marbled murrelet), Callorhinus ursinus (Northern fur seal), Cepphus columba (Pigeon guillemot), Cerorhinca monocerata (Rhinoceros auklet), Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Bonaparte's gull), Fratercula cirrhata (Tufted puffin), Fulmarus glacialis (Northern fulmar), Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin), Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian tern), 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), Lissodelphis borealis (Northern right whale dolphin), 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), Phoebastria nigripes (Black-footed albatross), Prionace glauca (Blue shark), Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Cassin's auklet), Puffinus creatopus (Pink-footed shearwater), Puffinus griseus (Sooty shearwater), Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged kittiwake), Stercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed jaeger), Stercorarius maccormicki (South polar skua), Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic jaeger), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine jaeger), Sterna hirundo (Common tern), Sterna paradisaea (Arctic tern), Uria aalge (Common murre), Xema sabini (Sabine's gull), Zalophus californianus (California sea lion)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1989-08-02 / 1989-08-21

Project Data

No Description available

Title MMS Ship Survey, PNW 1989
Funding NA

The personnel involved in the project:

Janet Casey
  • Owner
Glenn Ford
  • Owner

Sampling Methods

NA

Study Extent NA

Method step description:

  1. NA

Collection Data

Collection Name zd_42
Collection Identifier zd_42
Parent Collection Identifier OBIS-SEAMAP

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Green, G. A., J. J. Breuggeman, C. E. Bowlby, R. A. Grotefendt, M. L. Bonnell, and K. T. Balcomb, III. 1991. Cetacean distribution and abundance off Oregon and Washington, 1989-1990. Final Report prepared by Ebasco Environmental, Bellevue, WA, and Ecological Consulting, Inc., Portland, OR, for the Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region. OCS Study MMS91-0093. 100 pp.

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS.

Purpose
Alternative Identifiers 10.82144/e2565edc
432c6c7c-45e0-43d1-b1d6-a8d2a3a527db
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/42
e1a0a99c-71bf-4e59-908b-ceb442d9efbf
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_42