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BLM CETAP AIR Sightings

Dataset homepage

Citation

Kenney, R. 2013. BLM CETAP AIR Sightings. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/283) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/dm62ew accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-10-04.

Description

Original provider: University of Rhode Island Dataset credits: University of Rhode Island Bureau of Land Management U.S. 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 (1,000 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_AIR extracting animal sighting records with taxonomic information of species sighted added. The full dataset may be available upon request. Please contact the primary contact person for the proper use of the dataset. 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) Metadata are currently being revised. Sighting points that were more than 2 km inland were eliminated. Those from 1 km to 2 km inland can be considered as on-water sightings. Those records have TRUE in the [Excluded] field to indicate that they seem to fall on land but may be correct sightings.

Purpose

This dataset is a subset of CETAP_AIR extracting animal sighting records with taxonomic information of species sighted added. The full dataset may be available upon request. Please contact the primary contact person for the proper use of the dataset.

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. Delphinapterus leucas
    common name: Beluga rank: species
  5. Prionace glauca
    common name: blue shark rank: species
  6. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  7. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  8. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  9. Rhinoptera bonasus
    common name: cownose ray rank: species
  10. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  11. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  12. Chelonia mydas
    common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
  13. Sphyrna
    common name: bonnethead sharks rank: genus
  14. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  15. Phoca vitulina
    common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
  16. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  17. Lepidochelys kempii
    common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
  18. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  19. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  20. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  21. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  22. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  23. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  24. Hyperoodon ampullatus
    common name: Northern bottlenose whale rank: species
  25. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  26. Istiophoridae
    common name: billfishes rank: family
  27. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  28. Feresa attenuata
    common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
  29. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  30. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  31. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  32. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  33. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  34. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  35. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  36. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  37. Xiphias gladius
    common name: Atlantic swordfish rank: species
  38. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  39. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  40. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  41. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  42. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  43. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  44. Lagenorhynchus
    common name: white-beaked dolphins rank: genus
  45. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  46. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  47. Osteichthyes
    common name: bony fishes rank: superclass
  48. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  49. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  50. Balaenopteridae
    common name: rorquals rank: family
  51. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  52. Scombridae
    common name: albacores rank: family
  53. Testudines
    common name: Turtles rank: order
  54. 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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