Mid-Atlantic Nearshore and Mid-shelf Baleen Whale Monitoring

Amy Engelhaupt

doi:10.15468/r9n9mt

Mid-Atlantic Nearshore and Mid-shelf Baleen Whale Monitoring

Citation

Engelhaupt, A. 2022. Midshelf Baleen Whale Surveys 2020 - 2022. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2211) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/r9n9mt accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Dataset credits: The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program Abstract: The data in this dataset represent animal sightings and vessel tracks that occurred during nearshore and mid-shelf baleen whale surveys off the coast of Virginia Beach, VA in the VACAPES OPAREA beginning in November 2020. This project is ongoing and data will be updated annually. Work is being performed by HDR under contract to Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command as part of the U.S. Navy’s Marine Species Monitoring Program sponsored by U.S. Fleet Forces Command. Supplemental information: Sightings and effort data were entered and organized in this geodatabase by HDR. Source data was provided by HDR under the MSM IDIQ contract. Sighting locations represent actual animal locations. Sightings and effort data for this project were collected using a prototype collection application. Because this application used a different database structure, there are no environmentals associated with the effort tracks. Survey tracklines (aggregated over time) are available online and included in a downloadable zip file (shapefile format).

Purpose

Not available

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).

Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Phoca vitulina
common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Common Minke Whale rank: species
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Amy Engelhaupt
originator
position: Primary contact
HDR Inc.
email: amyengelhaupt@gmail.com

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

Amy Engelhaupt
owner
position: Primary contact
HDR Inc.
email: amyengelhaupt@gmail.com

Amy Engelhaupt
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
HDR Inc.
email: amyengelhaupt@gmail.com