BLM CETAP SHIP Sightings

Robert Kenney

doi:10.15468/4hnawz

BLM CETAP SHIP Sightings

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 2025-07-15.

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

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Lagenorhynchus acutus
common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species
Cetorhinus maximus
common name: basking shark rank: species
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Prionace glauca
common name: blue shark rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Sphyrna
common name: bonnethead sharks rank: genus
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Phoca vitulina
common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Manta birostris
common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Istiophoridae
common name: billfishes rank: family
Globicephala
common name: pilot whales rank: genus
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Elasmobranchii
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Stenella
common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Xiphias gladius
common name: Atlantic swordfish rank: species
Animalia
rank: kingdom
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Lagenorhynchus
common name: white-beaked dolphins rank: genus
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Osteichthyes
common name: bony fishes rank: superclass
Elasmobranchii
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
Chondrichthyes
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
Balaenopteridae
common name: rorquals rank: family
Stenella
common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
Scombridae
common name: albacores rank: family
Testudines
common name: Turtles rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
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