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

Deborah Epperson

doi:10.15468/b2vx8v

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

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

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
Stenella clymene
common name: Clymene Dolphin rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Kogia
common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
Peponocephala electra
common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
Feresa attenuata
common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
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