SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (W)

Lance Garrison1, OBIS-SEAMAP2

1 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, ; 2 Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University, A328 LSRC building, 27708, Durham, United States

Corresponding author(s): Lance Garrison (lance.garrison@noaa.gov), OBIS-SEAMAP (seamap-contact@duke.edu)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Garrison, L. 2013. SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (W). Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15

Abstract

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)

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting, Observation, Occurrence

General description

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.
Additional information: marine, harvested by iOBIS

Project details

Project title: SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (W)
Personnel: Lance Garrison
Funding: NA

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_15

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Taxonomic ranks
Superclass: Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes
Class: Scyphozoa, Aves, Aves, Aves
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Odontoceti
Family: Scombridae, Anatidae, Exocoetidae, Laridae, Procellariidae, Procellariidae, Laridae, Scombridae, Hyperoodontidae
Genus: Caranx, Chloroscombrus, Globicephala, Stenella, Stercorarius, Phalacrocorax
Species: Stenella frontalis, Puffinus lherminieri, Chroicocephalus philadelphia, Stenella clymene, Larus argentatus, Leucophaeus atricilla, Sula dactylatra, Peponocephala electra, Morus bassanus, Stenella attenuata, Stercorarius pomarinus, Kogia breviceps, Larus delawarensis, Thalasseus maximus, Onychoprion fuscatus, Physeter macrocephalus, Tursiops truncatus, Stenella coeruleoalba
Common names: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Audubon's Shearwater, bigeye jacks, Bonaparte's Gull, albacores, bumpers, Clymene Dolphin, Ducks, flyingfishes, Gulls, Herring Gull, jellyfish, Laughing Gull, Masked Booby, Melon-headed Whale, Birds, Northern Gannet, Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Birds, Pomarine Jaeger, Pygmy Sperm Whale, Ring-billed Gull, Royal Tern, Fulmars, pilot whales, Sooty Tern, Sperm Whale, Common Bottlenose Dolphin, spinner dolphins, Fulmars, Striped Dolphin, Gulls, albacores, Birds, cetaceans, toothed whales, bony fishes, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Gulf Of Mexico
Coordinates: 26°1'48.72''N and 29°19'55.2''N Latitude; 96°4'35.4''W and 87°43'28.92''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 6, 1993 - February 12, 1993

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: OBIS-SEAMAP
Collection name: zd_15
Collection identifier: zd_15

Methods

Method step description: NA
Study extent description: NA
Sampling description: NA

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (W)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/archive.do?r=zd_15
Publication date of data: 2021-09-08
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Interactive map
Distribution: https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15

Dataset description
Object name: FGDC Metadata
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: XML
Distribution: https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/15/xml

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2014-06-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset