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AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2016

Dataset homepage

Citation

Palka, Debra. 2017. 2016 Annual Report of a Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Mammal, Marine Turtle, and Seabird Abundance and Spatial Distribution in US Waters of the Western North Atlantic Ocean – AMAPPS II. https://doi.org/10.15468/p8dqfd accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-18.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: During 27 June–25 August 2016, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted a shipboard abundance survey targeting marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds on the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow. The survey area was between 36 and 42N and 65 and 74W, covering waters offshore of the 100m depth contour. There were 2 independent teams targeting marine mammals and sea turtles using line transect sampling techniques, a team targeting targeting sea birds using strip transect sampling techniques, a team monitoring a towed hydrophone array, and a team collecting physical and biological oceanographic data. Track lines were covered at about 10 knots. In Beaufort sea states of six and less, about 5354 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed. Over 1200 groups (16,000 individuals) of cetaceans, 26 groups (27 individuals) of sea turtles and 1977 groups (4677 individuals) of seabirds were recorded. Purpose: The main objectives of the survey were: 1) determine the distribution and abundance of cetaceans, sea turtles and sea birds within the study area; 2) collect vocalizations of cetaceans using passive acoustic arrays; 3) determine the distribution and relative abundance of plankton and other trophic levels, 4) collect hydrographic and meteorological data, and 5) when possible, collect biopsy samples and photo-identification pictures of cetaceans. Supplemental information: [2022-10-14] The species for the record on 2016-06-30 (group size 160) was corrected from unidentified spotted dolphin to the spinner dolphin. Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.

Purpose

The main objectives of the survey were: 1) determine the distribution and abundance of cetaceans, sea turtles and sea birds within the study area; 2) collect vocalizations of cetaceans using passive acoustic arrays; 3) determine the distribution and relative abundance of plankton and other trophic levels, 4) collect hydrographic and meteorological data, and 5) when possible, collect biopsy samples and photo-identification pictures of cetaceans.

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. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  2. Cetorhinus maximus
    common name: basking shark rank: species
  3. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  4. Istiophoridae
    common name: billfishes rank: family
  5. Mesoplodon densirostris
    common name: Blainville's Beaked Whale rank: species
  6. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  7. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  8. Kogia sima
    common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
  9. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  10. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  11. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  12. Mesoplodon europaeus
    common name: Gervais' Beaked Whale rank: species
  13. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  14. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  15. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  16. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  17. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  18. Mobulidae
    common name: devil rays rank: family
  19. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Common Minke Whale rank: species
  20. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  21. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  22. Kogia breviceps
    common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
  23. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  24. Chordata
    rank: phylum
  25. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  26. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  27. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  28. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  29. Mesoplodon bidens
    common name: Sowerby's Beaked Whale rank: species
  30. Mesoplodon mirus
    common name: True's Beaked Whale rank: species
  31. Perciformes
    rank: order
  32. Balaenopteridae
    common name: rorquals rank: family
  33. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  34. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  35. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  36. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  37. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  38. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  39. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  40. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  41. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  42. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  43. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  44. Phocidae
    common name: earless seals rank: family
  45. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  46. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  47. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  48. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  49. Odontoceti
    common name: toothed whales rank: suborder
  50. Lagenorhynchus acutus
    common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Beth Josephson
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Fisheries
email: elizabeth.josephson@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
Beth Josephson
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Fisheries
email: elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
Beth Josephson
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Fisheries
email: elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
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