SERC Cownose Ray Study

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre

doi:10.14286/xdiqte

SERC Cownose Ray Study

Citation

Ogburn, M. 2014. Cownose Ray Habitat Use and Migration. Accessed via the Ocean Tracking Network OBIS IPT on INSERT DATE https://doi.org/10.14286/xdiqte accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.

Description

This is the OBIS extraction of the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) SERC Cownose Ray Study, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals. If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=ACT.CBCNR).

Abstract:The Cownose Ray is an ecologically important batoid ray in coastal areas of the western North Atlantic. This study seeks to identify patterns in habitat use throughout the annual migration along the US Atlantic Coast.

Purpose

These data are for display on the OBIS portal and associated mapping programs and for download to personal computers for ad-hoc end-user analysis.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Program started 2014-05-01 and ran until None

Sampling

Acoustic tags released.

Quality Control

All species names are verified using the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). If species names on new data cannot be verified against (a) known valid names in ACT or OTN, and/or (b) WoRMS the Data Provider will be notified so they can check they are correct. Names that cannot be placed after checking with WoRMS are, where possible, placed on the basis of other authoritative sources, such as FishBase or ITIS; and once completely verified a request will be sent to WoRMS for addition of the verified species name. http://members.oceantrack.org/data/discovery/byspecies

Method steps

This resource is curated by the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Data Centre, this archive was produced using software created by the Ocean Tracking Network to serve as a summarized representation of animal presence determined by electronic tagging efforts. Darwin Core (DwC) records were extracted from the ACT database and OTN-affiliated data systems, filtered and summarized according to international agreed-upon standards.

Additional info

Access Constraints: none Use Constraints: Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility. For information purposes, email to info@obis.org the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part. Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS. See https://manual.obis.org/policy.html#disclaimer for more details

Taxonomic Coverages

Species included below are tagged by this project and have left any embargo. Other individuals or species may later be appended to this dataset.

Rhinoptera bonasus
common name: cownose ray rank: species

Geographic Coverages

MD

Bibliographic Citations

Ogburn, M. 2014. Cownose Ray Habitat Use and Migration In: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Retrieved: 2018-03-14 from data.theactnetwork.com -

Contacts

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre
originator
position: Data Manager
Ocean Tracking Network
Dalhousie University
Halifax
B3H 4J1
Nova Scotia
CA
Telephone: +1 (902) 494-4101
email: otndc@dal.ca
homepage: https://members.oceantrack.org

Kimberly Richie
metadata author
position: Data Manager
SERC
US
email: east.coast.telemetry@gmail.com

Matthew Ogburn
principal investigator
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
US
email: ogburnm@si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5417-555X

Charles Bangley
content provider
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
US
email: cbangley@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-7694

Keira Heggie
content provider
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
US
email: heggiek@si.edu

Robert Aguilar
content provider
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
US
email: aguilarr@si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8732-5382

Samir Patel
content provider
Coonamessett Farm Foundation
US
email: spatel@cfarm.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-1795

Ian Park
content provider
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife
US
email: ian.park@delaware.gov

Matthew Ogburn
content provider
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
US
email: ogburnm@si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5417-555X

Chuck Stence
content provider
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
US
email: chuck.stence@maryland.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6915-0291

Matthew Balazik
content provider
Virginia Commonwealth University
US
email: balazikmt@vcu.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-9961

Jeff Kneebone
content provider
Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium
US
email: jkneebone@neaq.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4581-8108

Rebecca Asch
content provider
East Carolina University
US
email: aschr16@ecu.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6138-5819

David Secor
content provider
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
US
email: secor@umces.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6007-4827

Jacqueline Roberts
content provider
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
US
email: jacque.benway@ct.gov

Joseph Warren
content provider
Stony Brook University
US
email: joe.warren@stonybrook.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6920-1554

Michael Frisk
content provider
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University
US
email: michael.frisk@stonybrook.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0214-6156

Patrick McGrath
content provider
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
US
email: patm@vims.edu

Lewis Naisbett-Jones
content provider
University of North Carolina
US
email: lnaisbettjones@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6297-0139

Keith Dunton
content provider
Monmouth University
US
email: kdunton@monmouth.edu

Matthew Sclafani
content provider
Cornell University
US
email: ms332@cornell.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0737-6839

Thomas Grothues
content provider
Rutgers University
US
email: grothues@marine.rutgers.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-8286

Bethany Williams
content provider
NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
US
email: bethany.williams@noaa.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-8386

Wilmelie Cruz-Marrero
content provider
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
US
email: wilmelie.cruz@noaa.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-6919

T. Reid Nelson
content provider
George Mason University
US
email: tnelso3@gmu.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7960-2084