USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010

William McLellan

doi:10.15468/h9be95

USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010

Citation

McLellan, W. 2011. USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/h9be95 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Abstract: A multi-institutional, marine protected species monitoring program, involving aerial, vessel and acoustic surveillance techniques, has been implemented at the proposed Under Sea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) offshore of Jacksonville, Florida. Ten 87 km track-lines spaced 6.5 km apart transect the 1295 km2 USWTR box, which is located between 60 and 150 km offshore. Aerial surveys were flown in a Cessna Skymaster at 300 m altitude and 185 km/h. A total of 155 track-lines (13,485 km) were surveyed, the majority flown in low Beaufort sea state (BSS) conditions (92% in BSS 3 or lower) to maximize sighting conditions. Purpose: To estimate marine mammal density, distribution, and seasonality, a multi-platform approach was implemented using traditional visual line transect survey methods from aerial and vessel platforms along with passive acoustic monitoring from vessels and moored instruments. Supplemental information: The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left and right observers. This dataset is from the left side sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2009-2010 dataset. This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the JAX Aerial surveys. All the data of the collection are available in the following datasets including this dataset: UNCW JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017 UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015 UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016 UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016 UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015 UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015 AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014 AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014 AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013 AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013 USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012 USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012 USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2010-2011 USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2010-2011 UNCW USWTR JAX Aerial Surveys May - Oct 2010 - Left side UNCW USWTR JAX Aerial Surveys May - Oct 2010 - Right side USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010 USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2009-2010 All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.

Purpose

To estimate marine mammal density, distribution, and seasonality, a multi-platform approach was implemented using traditional visual line transect survey methods from aerial and vessel platforms along with passive acoustic monitoring from vessels and moored instruments.

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
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
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
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
Manta birostris
common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Rhinoptera bonasus
common name: cownose ray rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,Florida,JAX,USTWR,NAVY

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