PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, MACS 2021, Cruise 2102, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Marie C. Hill

doi:10.15468/k58uvk

PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, MACS 2021, Cruise 2102, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Citation

Hill M C, OBIS-SEAMAP (2023). PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, MACS 2021, Cruise 2102, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/k58uvk accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Abstract: In summer 2021, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted a comprehensive line-transect survey for cetaceans and seabirds within the United States exclusive economic zones of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. MACS 2021 sailed for 59 days at sea aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette in May–July, 2021, and surveyed 8,711.7 km of trackline. There were 77 cetacean sightings of at least 12 species. Purpose: The Mariana Archipelago Cetacean Survey (MACS) 2021 project was part of the multi-year Pacific Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (PacMAPPS) plan to conduct surveys and estimate density for cetacean species in regions of joint NOAA Fisheries, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and U.S. Navy interest. Supplemental information: Data were collected under NMFS permit 20311. The data included here are the sightings and on-effort tracks recorded within WinCruz survey software and extracted from the QA/QC'd DAS file using the R package swfscDAS (https://smwoodman.github.io/swfscDAS). Attributes for fields within the trackline files: Cruise - see description in attribute table below segnum - segment number for continuous on-effort line Date - Local date m/dd/yyyy TimeStart - Local time at start of on-effort segment LatStart - Latitude in decimal degrees at starting point of on-effort segment LongStart - Longitude in decimal degrees at starting point of on-effort segment TimeEnd - Local time at end of on-effort segment LatEnd - Latitude in decimal degrees at end point of on-effort segment LongEnd - Longitude in decimal degrees at end point of on-effort segment Mode - see description in attribute table below EffType - see description in attribute table below avgSpdKt - average speed (knots) of the ship over the on-effort segment traveled avgBft - average Beaufort Sea State over the on-effort segment Other data not included here: Photos and biopsy samples were collected during some sightings. Acoustic detections were recorded from a towed hydrophone array. Sonobuoys were deployed opportunistically. Drifting Acoustic Spar Buoy Recorders (DASBRs) were deployed and recovered opportunistically. High-frequency Acoustic Recording Packages (HARPs) were recovered and redeployed off Saipan and Pagan.

Purpose

The Mariana Archipelago Cetacean Survey (MACS) 2021 project was part of the multi-year Pacific Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (PacMAPPS) plan to conduct surveys and estimate density for cetacean species in regions of joint NOAA Fisheries, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and U.S. Navy interest.

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).

Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Feresa attenuata
common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Kogia sima
common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Indopacetus pacificus
common name: Longman's Beaked Whale rank: species
Balaenopteridae
common name: rorquals rank: family
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Guam,Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Marie C. Hill
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
email: Marie.Hill@noaa.gov

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://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: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

Marie C. Hill
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
email: Marie.Hill@noaa.gov

Marie C. Hill
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
email: Marie.Hill@noaa.gov