Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 2

Study Extent

Sampling

Method steps

1. NA

1. Aetobatus narinari
   common name: Spotted eagle ray rank: species
2. Alca torda
   common name: Razorbill rank: species
3. Alcidae
   common name: Murres rank: family
4. Alle alle
   common name: Dovekie rank: species
5. Anas strepera
   common name: Gadwall rank: species
6. Anatidae
   common name: Ducks rank: family
7. Ardea herodias
   common name: Great blue heron rank: species
8. Arenaria interpres
   common name: Ruddy turnstone rank: species
9. Aythya americana
   common name: Redhead rank: species
10. Aythya marila
    common name: Greater scaup rank: species
11. Calonectris diomedea
    common name: Cory's shearwater rank: species
12. Caniformia
    common name: Pinnipeds rank: suborder
13. Carcharhinidae
    common name: requiem sharks rank: family
14. Carcharhinus limbatus
    common name: Blacktip shark rank: species
15. Carcharhinus obscurus
    common name: Dusky shark rank: species
16. Carcharodon carcharias
    common name: Great white shark rank: species
17. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead sea turtle rank: species
18. Centrarchidae
    common name: Sunfishes rank: family
19. Chelonia mydas
    common name: Green sea turtle rank: species
20. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea turtles rank: family
21. Chlidonias niger
    common name: Black tern rank: species
22. Chondrichthyes
    common name: Cartilaginous fishes rank: class
23. Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    common name: Bonaparte's gull rank: species
24. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
25. Coryphaena hippurus
    common name: Dolphinfish rank: species
26. Dasyatis sabina
    common name: Atlantic stingray rank: species
27. Delphinidae
    common name: Dolphins rank: family
28. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked common dolphin rank: species
29. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback sea turtle rank: species
30. Echeneidae
    common name: Remoras rank: family
31. Egretta thula
    common name: Snowy egret rank: species
32. Elasmobranchii
    common name: Cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
33. Fratercula arctica
    common name: Atlantic puffin rank: species
34. Fulmarus glacialis
    common name: Northern fulmar rank: species
35. Galeocerdo cuvier
    common name: Tiger shark rank: species
36. Gavia immer
    common name: Common loon rank: species
37. Gavia stellata
    common name: Red-throated loon rank: species
38. Gaviidae
    common name: Divers rank: family
39. Gelochelidon nilotica
    common name: Gull-billed tern rank: species
40. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's dolphin rank: species
41. Hydrocoloeus minutus
    common name: Little gull rank: species
42. Hydroprogne caspia
    common name: Caspian tern rank: species
43. Istiophoridae
    common name: Billfishes rank: family
44. Laridae
    common name: Gulls rank: family
45. Larus argentatus
    common name: Herring gull rank: species
46. Larus delawarensis
    common name: Ring-billed gull rank: species
47. Larus fuscus
    common name: Lesser black-backed gull rank: species
48. Larus marinus
    common name: Great black-backed gull rank: species
49. Lepidochelys kempii
    common name: Kemp's ridley rank: species
50. Leucophaeus atricilla
    common name: Laughing gull rank: species
51. Mammalia
    common name: Mammals rank: class
52. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
53. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback whale rank: species
54. Melanitta
    common name: Scoters rank: genus
55. Melanitta fusca
    common name: Velvet scoter rank: species
56. Melanitta nigra
    common name: Black scoter rank: species
57. Melanitta perspicillata
    common name: Surf scoter rank: species
58. Mergus serrator
    common name: Red-breasted merganser rank: species
59. Mobula hypostoma
    common name: Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray rank: species
60. Mobula mobular
    common name: Giant Devil Ray rank: species
61. Mobula tarapacana
    common name: Sicklefin devil ray rank: species
62. Mola mola
    common name: Ocean sunfish rank: species
63. Morus bassanus
    common name: Northern gannet rank: species
64. Myliobatiformes
    common name: stingrays rank: order
65. Onychoprion
    rank: genus
66. Onychoprion anaethetus
    common name: Bridled tern rank: species
67. Onychoprion fuscatus
    common name: Sooty tern rank: species
68. Osteichthyes
    common name: Bony fishes rank: superclass
69. Passeriformes
    common name: Perching birds rank: order
70. Pelecanus occidentalis
    common name: Brown pelican rank: species
71. Perciformes
    common name: perch-like fishes rank: order
72. Phalacrocoracidae
    common name: Cormorants rank: family
73. Phalacrocorax auritus
    common name: Double-crested cormorant rank: species
74. Phalaropus
    common name: Phalaropes rank: genus
75. Phalaropus fulicarius
    common name: Red phalarope rank: species
76. Phalaropus lobatus
    common name: Red-necked phalarope rank: species
77. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor porpoise rank: species
78. Pluvialis squatarola
    common name: Black-bellied plover rank: species
79. Prionace glauca
    common name: Blue shark rank: species
80. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / petrels / shearwaters rank: family
81. Procellariiformes
    common name: Tube-nosed Swimmers rank: order
82. Pterodroma arminjoniana
    common name: Herald petrel rank: species
83. Pterodroma hasitata
    common name: Black-capped petrel rank: species
84. Puffinus gravis
    common name: Great shearwater rank: species
85. Puffinus griseus
    common name: Sooty shearwater rank: species
86. Puffinus lherminieri
    common name: Audubon's shearwater rank: species
87. Puffinus puffinus
    common name: Manx shearwater rank: species
88. Rachycentron canadum
    common name: Cobia rank: species
89. Rhincodon typus
    common name: Whale shark rank: species
90. Rhinoptera bonasus
    common name: Cownose ray rank: species
91. Rissa tridactyla
    common name: Black-legged kittiwake rank: species
92. Sphyrna
    common name: Bonnethead sharks rank: genus
93. Sphyrna lewini
    common name: Scalloped hammerhead rank: species
94. Sphyrna mokarran
    common name: great hammerhead rank: species
95. Sphyrna zygaena
    common name: Smooth hammerhead rank: species
96. Sphyrnidae
    common name: Bonnethead sharks rank: family
97. Squalus acanthias
    common name: Piked dogfish rank: species
98. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical spotted dolphin rank: species
99. Stenella clymene
    common name: Clymene dolphin rank: species
100. Stenella frontalis
     common name: Atlantic spotted dolphin rank: species
101. Steno bredanensis
     common name: Rough-toothed dolphin rank: species
102. Stercorariidae
     common name: Skuas rank: family
103. Stercorarius longicaudus
     common name: Long-tailed jaeger rank: species
104. Stercorarius parasiticus
     common name: Parasitic jaeger rank: species
105. Stercorarius pomarinus
     common name: Pomarine jaeger rank: species
106. Stercorarius skua
     common name: Great skua rank: species
107. Sterna
     common name: Typical Terns rank: genus
108. Sterna forsteri
     common name: Forster's tern rank: species
109. Sterna hirundo
     common name: Common tern rank: species
110. Sternula antillarum
     common name: Least tern rank: species
111. Thalasseus
     rank: genus
112. Thalasseus maximus
     common name: Royal tern rank: species
113. Thalasseus sandvicensis
     common name: Sandwich tern rank: species
114. Thunnus thynnus
     common name: Atlantic bluefin tuna rank: species
115. Tursiops truncatus
     common name: Common bottlenose dolphin rank: species
116. Uria
     common name: Murres rank: genus