SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, SWAPS 1997, Cruise 1607

Barb Taylor

doi:10.15468/pnpamz

SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, SWAPS 1997, Cruise 1607

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 2025-07-07.

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

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
common name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
Lissodelphis borealis
common name: Northern Right Whale Dolphin rank: species
Feresa attenuata
common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Phocoenoides dalli
common name: Dall's Porpoise rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Ziphius
common name: goose-beaked whales rank: genus
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Kogia
common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Callorhinus ursinus
common name: Northern Fur Seal rank: species
Lepidochelys olivacea
common name: Olive Ridley rank: species
Caniformia
common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
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