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SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, ORCAWALE 1996, Cruise 1604

Dataset homepage

Citation

Barlow, J. 2004. SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, ORCAWALE 1996, Cruise 1604. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/219) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/dzh5fp accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-07.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Abstract: The 1996 Oregon, California and Washington Line-Transect Experiment (ORCAWALE) was designed to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA Ships David Starr Jordan and McArthur for a combined total of approximately 15,000 kilometers surveyed from mid July to early November 1996. This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey by the NOAA Ship McArthur. Purpose: The primary purpose of this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles. Supplemental information: [2021-04-12] Updated with additional attributes. SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1604 Perpendicular distance will be released upon permission by the contributor. Please contact the contributor if needed. Attribute descriptions for effort data: dist: Length of the segment (km) Mode: Effort mode type (C = closing mode; P = passing mode)

Purpose

The primary purpose of this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

  1. NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  1. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  2. Delphinus capensis
    common name: Long-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  3. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  4. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  5. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  6. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
    common name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  7. Lissodelphis borealis
    common name: Northern Right Whale Dolphin rank: species
  8. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  9. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  10. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  11. Phocoenoides dalli
    common name: Dall's Porpoise rank: species
  12. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  13. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  14. Delphinus
    common name: common dolphins rank: genus
  15. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  16. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  17. Berardius bairdii
    common name: Baird's Beaked Whale rank: species
  18. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  19. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  20. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  21. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  22. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  23. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  24. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  25. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  26. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  27. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  28. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  29. Callorhinus ursinus
    common name: Northern Fur Seal rank: species
  30. Eumetopias jubatus
    common name: Steller Sea Lion rank: species
  31. Mirounga angustirostris
    common name: Northern Elephant Seal rank: species
  32. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  33. Otariidae
    common name: eared seals rank: family
  34. Phocidae
    common name: earless seals rank: family
  35. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  36. Zalophus californianus
    common name: California Sea Lion rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Pacific,U.S. West Coast,California,Oregon,Washington,California Current

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jay Barlow
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov
Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Secondary contact
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
email: jeff.e.moore@noaa.gov
homepage: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/california-current-marine-mammal-assessment-program
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://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: https://seamap.env.duke.edu
Jay Barlow
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov
Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Secondary contact
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
email: jeff.e.moore@noaa.gov
homepage: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/california-current-marine-mammal-assessment-program
Jay Barlow
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov
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