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SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, SWAPS 1997, Cruise 1607

Dataset homepage

Citation

Taylor B, OBIS-SEAMAP (2022). SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, SWAPS 1997, Cruise 1607. Version 1.8. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pnpamz accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Dataset credits: Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA Abstract: The 1997 Sperm Whale Abundance and Population Structures (SWAPS) line-transect survey was designed to census sperm whales near the end of their breeding season in the North Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the U.S. out to 158 degrees west longitude. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard the NOAA ship McArthur for a total of approximately 12,000 kilometers surveyed from early March to early June 1997. This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey. Purpose: The primary objective was to census sperm whales near the end of their breeding season in the North Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the U.S. out to 158 degrees west longitude. Supplemental information: Data of SWFSC Marine Mammal Sightings from 1997 to 2009 were put together and submitted to OBIS-SEAMAP by Tim Gerrodette, NOAA SWFSC. The data are registered separately per cruise.

Purpose

The primary objective was to census sperm whales near the end of their breeding season in the North Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the U.S. out to 158 degrees west longitude.

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 attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  2. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  3. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  4. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  5. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  6. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  7. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
    common name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  8. Lissodelphis borealis
    common name: Northern Right Whale Dolphin rank: species
  9. Feresa attenuata
    common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
  10. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  11. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  12. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  13. Phocoenoides dalli
    common name: Dall's Porpoise rank: species
  14. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  15. Ziphius
    common name: goose-beaked whales rank: genus
  16. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  17. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  18. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  19. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  20. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  21. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  22. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  23. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  24. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  25. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  26. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  27. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  28. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  29. Callorhinus ursinus
    common name: Northern Fur Seal rank: species
  30. Lepidochelys olivacea
    common name: Olive Ridley rank: species
  31. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  32. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  33. Zalophus californianus
    common name: California Sea Lion rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Barb Taylor
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Barbara.Taylor@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
Barb Taylor
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Barbara.Taylor@noaa.gov
Barb Taylor
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Barbara.Taylor@noaa.gov
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