DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2012-2015

Zach Swaim

doi:10.15468/75r3fr

DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2012-2015

Citation

Swaim, Z. 2016. DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2012-2015. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/906) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/75r3fr accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-09.

Description

Original provider: Duke University Marine Laboratory Dataset credits: Duke University Marine Laboratory Abstract: The United States (US) Navy proposed constructing an Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) along the US Atlantic coast. In 2008, the US Navy chose the area off of Jacksonville, FL (JAX OPAREA) to be the preferred site of the USWTR. The JAX USWTR site and, like that in Onslow Bay, is 25 nm (46 km) long and 20 nm (37 km) wide (approximately 1700 km2). The survey area straddles the continental shelf and Blake Plateau and includes neritic, shelf waters and pelagic, offshore waters. As part of the Navy's Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Monitoring Program, shipboard and aerial line transect surveys were implemented in 2009 to estimate density and document distribution and seasonal residency of marine mammals and sea turtles in the proposed USWTR (see "DUML vessel-based surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2009-2010" dataset). In January 2012, shipboard line-transect survey methods transitioned to biopsy and photo-identification sampling to address questions of residency and population structure in the area. Vessel survey effort was expended along the 200 m depth contour and occasionally around eddies and fronts generated by the Gulf Stream. We are focusing on residency and population structure with our shipboard surveys because we are: (1) obtaining adequate data with which to estimate density from aerial line transect sampling; (2) interested in addressing questions of residency in this area. Sightings within this dataset are from shipboard photo-ID and biopsy surveys conducted from 2012-2015. Purpose: The primary objectives of these surveys are to: (1) document species occurrence and examine patterns of residency of marine mammals and turtles in the defined study area (2) determine relatedness among individuals, populations and species within the study area (3) supplement the visual surveys with acoustic monitoring using a High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP). Supplemental information: [2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Turtles: Testudines (173749) => Testudines (948936) [2016-04-14] Sightings from Jul to Dec 2015 were appended. The following columns were added (these columns are blank for the sightings before Jul 2015): end_time, end_lat, end_long, behav_state, totminest, totmaxest, mincalves, maxcalves, minyoy, maxyoy, totposid, totnoid, totfinbest, calfposid, calfnoid, calfinbest, yoyposid, comments, photo_notes, sighting_notes, observations, photo_grades, acoustics of which totposid, totnoid, totfinbest, calfposid, calfnoid, calfinbest, yoyposid, comments, sighting_notes, observations, photo_grades are blank for the newly added sightings. [2015-05-13] The 2014-2015 data were appended. [2014-03-21] The 2013-14 data were appended. The following attributes were added since May 2013: SIGHTNO, BEAUSCALE, DEPTH, WATERTEMP, BESTCALVES, BESTYOY, PHOTOS [2013-03-19] Additional survey data for the JAX USWTR site are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the "DUML vessel-based surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2009-2010" dataset.

Purpose

The primary objectives of these surveys are to: (1) document species occurrence and examine patterns of residency of marine mammals and turtles in the defined study area (2) determine relatedness among individuals, populations and species within the study area (3) supplement the visual surveys with acoustic monitoring using a High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Testudines
common name: Turtles rank: order

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Zach Swaim
originator
position: Primary contact
Duke University
email: Zach.Swaim@duke.edu
homepage: http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Zach Swaim
owner
position: Primary contact
Duke University
email: Zach.Swaim@duke.edu
homepage: http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/

Zach Swaim
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Duke University
email: Zach.Swaim@duke.edu
homepage: http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/