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BLM CETAP SHIP Sightings

Dataset homepage

Citation

Kenney, R. 2013. BLM CETAP SHIP Sightings. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/285) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/4hnawz accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-22.

Description

Original provider: University of Rhode Island Dataset credits: University of Rhode Island Bureau of Land Management US Dept of the Interior Abstract: The Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) was sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and conducted between October 1978 and January 1982 by the University of Rhode Island in outer continental shelf waters of the northeastern United States from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to the Gulf of Maine and from shore to 9.3 km (5 nautical miles) seaward of the 1829 m (1000 fathoms) isobath. Population surveys were conducted by CETAP to assess the distribution and abundance of whales, dolphins and sea turtles inhabiting the study area. Purpose: This dataset is a subset of CETAP sightings, extracting opportunistic sighting records, with the addition of taxonomic information of species sighted. The full dataset may be available upon request. Requests for more data, further details on the dataset, proper use of the dataset, and questions should be directed to the primary contact person. Supplemental information: [2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Turtles: Testudines (173749) => Testudines (948936) Sighting points that are more than 2 km inland were eliminated. Sightings located from 1 km to 2 km inland can be considered as on-water sightings. Those points have TRUE in [Excluded] field to indicate that they seem to fall on land but may be correct sightings. Metadata are in progress.

Purpose

This dataset is a subset of CETAP sightings, extracting opportunistic sighting records, with the addition of taxonomic information of species sighted. The full dataset may be available upon request. Requests for more data, further details on the dataset, proper use of the dataset, and questions should be directed to the primary contact person.

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. Lagenorhynchus acutus
    common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  2. Cetorhinus maximus
    common name: basking shark rank: species
  3. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  4. Prionace glauca
    common name: blue shark rank: species
  5. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  6. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  7. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  8. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  9. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  10. Chelonia mydas
    common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
  11. Sphyrna
    common name: bonnethead sharks rank: genus
  12. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  13. Phoca vitulina
    common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
  14. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  15. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  16. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  17. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  18. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  19. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  20. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  21. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  22. Istiophoridae
    common name: billfishes rank: family
  23. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  24. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  25. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  26. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  27. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  28. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  29. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  30. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  31. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  32. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  33. Xiphias gladius
    common name: Atlantic swordfish rank: species
  34. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  35. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  36. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  37. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  38. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  39. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  40. Lagenorhynchus
    common name: white-beaked dolphins rank: genus
  41. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  42. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  43. Osteichthyes
    common name: bony fishes rank: superclass
  44. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  45. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  46. Balaenopteridae
    common name: rorquals rank: family
  47. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  48. Scombridae
    common name: albacores rank: family
  49. Testudines
    common name: Turtles rank: order
  50. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  51. Lagenorhynchus albirostris
    common name: White-beaked Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Robert Kenney
originator
position: Primary contact
University of Rhode Island
email: rkenney@gso.uri.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
Robert Kenney
owner
position: Primary contact
University of Rhode Island
email: rkenney@gso.uri.edu
Robert Kenney
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of Rhode Island
email: rkenney@gso.uri.edu
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