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BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag cetacean sightings 2002-2004

Dataset homepage

Citation

Epperson, D. 2013. BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag cetacean sightings 2002-2004. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/903) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/b2vx8v accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-12.

Description

Original provider: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Dataset credits: Texas A&M University Oregon State University Scripps Institution of Oceanography Texas A&M University-Galveston University of Colorado University of Durham University of Saint Andrews University of South Florida Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Abstract: Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) was a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research project supported by the then Minerals Management Service (MMS; now Bureau of Ocean Energy Management - BOEM) under Cooperative Agreement 1435-01-02-CA-85186 for Cooperative Research on Sperm Whales and their Response to Seismic Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico through the Texas A&M Research Foundation.The objectives of SWSS were to (1) establish baseline information on the biology and behavior of sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico, (2) characterize sperm whale habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and (3) determine possible changes in behavior of sperm whales when subjected to manmade noise, particularly from seismic airgun arrays used for offshore oil and gas exploration and geological monitoring. Supplemental information: This dataset includes sightings of cetaceans other than sperm whales in 2002-2004. Sperm whale visual tracking data are found in BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag sperm whale trackings 2002-2004 which is also accompanied with effort data. Since the 2005 data are in a different format, they are registered separately as BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag cetacean sightings 2005

Purpose

Not available

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. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  2. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  3. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  4. Stenella clymene
    common name: Clymene Dolphin rank: species
  5. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  6. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  7. Peponocephala electra
    common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
  8. Feresa attenuata
    common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
  9. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  10. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  11. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  12. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  13. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  14. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  15. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  16. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  17. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Gulf of Mexico

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Deborah Epperson
originator
position: Primary contact
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
email: Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov
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
Deborah Epperson
owner
position: Primary contact
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
email: Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov
Deborah Epperson
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
email: Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov
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