DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys in VACAPES OPAREA off Hatteras 2009, 2011-2015

Zach Swaim

doi:10.15468/v6pt6u

DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys in VACAPES OPAREA off Hatteras 2009, 2011-2015

Citation

Swaim, Z. 2016. DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys in VACAPES OPAREA off Hatteras 2009, 2011-2015. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/907) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/v6pt6u accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: Duke University Marine Laboratory Dataset credits: Duke University Marine Laboratory Abstract: The site off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina is subsumed within the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Monitoring Program. The survey area encompasses approximately 16,000 km² and includes continental shelf waters and deeper waters beyond the shelf break. The area also includes a large portion of the Cape Hatteras Special Research Area (CHSRA), designated by NOAA Fisheries to address interactions between short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and the pelagic longline fisheries. A monitoring program (shipboard and aerial surveys) was implemented in 2011 to estimate density and document distribution and seasonal residency of marine mammals and sea turtles in the CHSRA. 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) (4) collect baseline data on the diving behavior of deep diving cetaceans e.g. short-finned pilot whales and beaked whales Supplemental information: [2016-04-14] Sightings in 2015 were appended. The following columns were added (these columns are blank for the sightings before 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 2015 sightings. [2015-05-13] The 2013-2014 data were appended. [2014-03-21] The 2013 data were appended. All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.

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) (4) collect baseline data on the diving behavior of deep diving cetaceans e.g. short-finned pilot whales and beaked whales

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 physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Kogia
common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic

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/