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AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012

Dataset homepage

Citation

McLellan, W. 2014. AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/851) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/t2n3bc accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-20.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Supplemental information: [2020-10-01] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Physeter catodon (180489) => Physeter macrocephalus (180488) [2017-03-28] Two sighting records were updated with more accurate species identification: 2011-10-25 11:40 Ziphius to Ziphius cavirostris 2012-01-31 10:42 Ziphius to Ziphius cavirostris [2014-03-18] Sperm whale sightings were assigned an invalid scientific name (P. catodon). It is corrected to P. macrocephalus. The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the USWTR Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012 dataset. This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Hatteras Aerial surveys. All the data of the collection are available in the following datasets including this dataset: UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017 UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017 UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016 UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016 UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015 UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015 AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014 AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014 AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013 AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013 AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012 AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012 All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.

Purpose

Not available

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. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  2. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  3. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  4. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  5. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  6. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  7. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  8. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  9. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  10. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  11. Lagenodelphis hosei
    common name: Fraser's Dolphin rank: species
  12. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  13. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  14. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  15. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  16. Peponocephala electra
    common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
  17. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  18. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  19. Stenella clymene
    common name: Clymene Dolphin rank: species
  20. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  21. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  22. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  23. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  24. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  25. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  26. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,Cape Hatteras

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

William McLellan
originator
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.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
William McLellan
owner
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
William McLellan
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
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