UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Right side -
Citation
McLellan, W. 2013. UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Right side -. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/437) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/8ht2gv accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Abstract: Onslow Bay, off the coast of North Carolina, is currently the United States Navy's preferred site for an undersea warfare training range (USWTR). To determine the abundance and distribution of marine mammals and sea turtles within the USWTR, a monitoring program that includes aerial, vessel and passive acoustic survey techniques is currently being undertaken by Duke University, St. Andrews University and the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Surveys were flown in a Cessna 337, at 305 m altitude and 185 km/hr speed, with a pilot, co-pilot and two observers. The survey, consisting of ten 74 km long track-lines spaced 6.5 km apart, creating a 5 km boundary around the USWTR site, was flown 1 - 2 times a month. Supplemental information: This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Onlsow Aerial surveys. Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets: USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2010-2011 USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2010-2011 USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2008-2010 USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2008-2010 UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Left side - All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.Purpose
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Sampling Description
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Caretta carettacommon name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
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Chondrichthyescommon name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
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Delphinidaecommon name: dolphins rank: family
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Globicephala macrorhynchuscommon name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
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Mola molacommon name: ocean sunfish rank: species
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Tursiops truncatuscommon name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
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Cheloniidaecommon name: Sea Turtles rank: family
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Cetaceacommon name: cetaceans rank: order
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Delphinidaecommon name: dolphins rank: family
Geographic Coverages
North Atlantic
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
William McLellanoriginator
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