UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016

William McLellan

doi:10.15468/h6wf8m

UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016

Citation

McLellan, W. 2017. UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1479) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/h6wf8m accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Supplemental information: This dataset includes the animal observations toward the left side of the airplane. The right side observations are registered in UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016 (Dataset ID: 1481) This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Norfolk Canyon Aerial surveys. Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets: UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017 UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017 UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016 UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015 UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015 All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.

Purpose

Not available

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).

Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Chondrichthyes
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Manta birostris
common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Rhinoptera bonasus
common name: cownose ray rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,North Carolina

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

William McLellan
originator
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu

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

William McLellan
owner
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu

William McLellan
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu