NEFSC Survey 1998 2

Debi Palka

doi:10.15468/cnb7ft

NEFSC Survey 1998 2

Citation

Palka, D. 2013. NEFSC Survey 1998 2. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/62) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/cnb7ft accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: The survey was performed on the R/V Abel-J from 6 July to 4 August 1998 (Leg I), and from 8 August to 6 September 1998 (Leg II) starting and ending in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The study areas in Leg I and Leg II, respectively, were from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Virginia, and from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both study areas extended from the 100 m depth contour to the Gulf Stream. Purpose: Primary objectives of the survey were: 1) Estimate the abundance of strategic species of pelagic dolphins and whales, such as common, spotted, and bottlenose dolphins, and sperm, pilot, and beaked whales, and 2) Estimate the abundance of all other dolphins and whales detected in these waters. Secondary objectives included: 1) Collect bongo, CTD, water depth and temperature data to correlate with the spatial distribution of the marine mammals, 2) Conduct marine mammal photographic and video identification studies, and 3) Collect biopsy samples. Supplemental information: In addition to the sighting data, effort data were recorded every half hour or whenever conditions changed. This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data.

Purpose

Primary objectives of the survey were: 1) Estimate the abundance of strategic species of pelagic dolphins and whales, such as common, spotted, and bottlenose dolphins, and sperm, pilot, and beaked whales, and 2) Estimate the abundance of all other dolphins and whales detected in these waters. Secondary objectives included: 1) Collect bongo, CTD, water depth and temperature data to correlate with the spatial distribution of the marine mammals, 2) Conduct marine mammal photographic and video identification studies, and 3) Collect biopsy samples.

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).

Mesoplodon bidens
common name: Sowerby's Beaked Whale rank: species
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Kogia sima
common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Globicephala
common name: pilot whales rank: genus
Kogia breviceps
common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Debi Palka
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
email: dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu

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

Debi Palka
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
email: dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu

Debi Palka
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
email: dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu