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

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Citation

APEM and Normandeau Associates prepared for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). 2021. Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 2. https://doi.org/10.15468/x3kybe accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Original provider: APEM, Normandeau Associates Dataset credits: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Normandeau Associates Inc., APEM Ltd. Abstract: Normandeau Associates, Inc., and APEM Inc. (Team) have been contracted by BOEM to complete quarterly high-altitude aerial digital surveys in a 12- month period. The Team proposes to conduct the first survey in May 2019 and complete all four surveys in the 2020 calendar year. The South Atlantic Survey area (SASA) is defined as the area of the ocean off the coast of North and South Carolina out to the -30-m contour line. The approximate size of the area is 11,000 square nautical miles. Transect surveys will cover a minimum of 5% of the SASA.In addition, 10% of the total area within the Kitty Hawk, Wilmington East, and Wilmington West Wind Energy Areas –as well as the South Carolina–Grand Stand Call Area will be surveyed. The planned image resolution of all the imagery for the project will be 1.5- cm ground sampling distance at the surface of the ocean. Option Year 2 includes four surveys of each these areas from May 2019 to Feb 2020. Supplemental information: [2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected. BLACK SCOTER: Melanitta nigra americana => Melanitta nigra GREAT SHEARWATER: Aythya marila => Puffinus gravis GREAT SKUA: Puffinus gravis => Stercorarius skua GREATER SCAUP: Stercorarius skua => Aythya marila The areas defined for survey were the South Atlantic Survey Area (SASA), Kitty Hawk (KH) Wind Energy Area (WEA), Wilmington East (WE) WEA, Wilmington West (WW) WEA, Grand Stand Call Area (GSCA), Charleston Call Area (CCA), and fish spawning areas SMZ 51 (A51) and SMZ 53 (A53). SASA surveys are linear transects flown in a saw tooth pattern out to the -30-m contour line along the entire South Carolina and North Carolina coasts. These surveys included the CCA, A51 and A53 areas. The overlap portion of SASA and CCA is designated “SASA,CCA”; the overlap portion of SASA and A51 is designated “SASA,A51”; and the overlap portion of SASA and A53 is designated “SASA,A53”.The WEAs and GSCA areas are grid surveys through the area plus a 1NM buffer. GSCA and WW share survey overlap and that overlap portion is designated as “GSCA,WW”.The SASA survey area overlaps portions of CCA, A51 and A53 areas and overlapped areas are designated by the area name “SASA,CCA”; “SASA,A51”; or “SASA,A53”. GSCA and WW also share survey overlap and that area is designated by “GSCA,WW”.DISCLAIMERStudy concept, oversight, and funding were provided by the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Environmental Studies Program, Washington, DC, under Contract Number M17PC00010; Order M17PD00063. This report has been technically reviewed by BOEM, and it has been approved for publication. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the US Government, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.

Purpose

Not available

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. Thunnus thynnus
    common name: Atlantic bluefin tuna rank: species
  2. Mobula hypostoma
    common name: devil ray rank: species
  3. Fratercula arctica
    common name: Atlantic Puffin rank: species
  4. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  5. Dasyatis sabina
    common name: Atlantic stingray rank: species
  6. Puffinus lherminieri
    common name: Audubon's Shearwater rank: species
  7. Alcidae
    rank: family
  8. Istiophoridae
    common name: billfishes rank: family
  9. Pluvialis squatarola
    common name: Black-bellied Plover rank: species
  10. Pterodroma hasitata
    common name: Black-capped Petrel rank: species
  11. Rissa tridactyla
    common name: Black-legged Kittiwake rank: species
  12. Melanitta nigra
    common name: Black Scoter rank: species
  13. Chlidonias niger
    common name: Black Tern rank: species
  14. Carcharhinus limbatus
    common name: blacktip shark rank: species
  15. Prionace glauca
    common name: blue shark rank: species
  16. Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    common name: Bonaparte's Gull rank: species
  17. Sphyrna
    common name: bonnethead sharks rank: genus
  18. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  19. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  20. Onychoprion anaethetus
    common name: Bridled Tern rank: species
  21. Pelecanus occidentalis
    common name: Brown Pelican rank: species
  22. Carcharhinidae
    rank: family
  23. Hydroprogne caspia
    common name: Caspian Tern rank: species
  24. Mobula tarapacana
    common name: sicklefin devil ray rank: species
  25. Stenella clymene
    common name: Clymene Dolphin rank: species
  26. Rachycentron canadum
    common name: cobia rank: species
  27. Sterna
    rank: genus
  28. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  29. Gavia immer
    common name: Common Loon rank: species
  30. Sterna hirundo
    common name: Common Tern rank: species
  31. Uria
    rank: genus
  32. Phalacrocoracidae
    rank: family
  33. Calonectris diomedea
    common name: Cory's Shearwater rank: species
  34. Myliobatiformes
    rank: order
  35. Rhinoptera bonasus
    common name: cownose ray rank: species
  36. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  37. Phalacrocorax auritus
    common name: Double-crested Cormorant rank: species
  38. Alle alle
    common name: Dovekie rank: species
  39. Anatidae
    common name: Ducks rank: family
  40. Carcharhinus obscurus
    common name: dusky shark rank: species
  41. Sterna forsteri
    common name: Forster's Tern rank: species
  42. Anas strepera
    common name: Gadwall rank: species
  43. Mobula mobular
    common name: giant devil ray rank: species
  44. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  45. Larus marinus
    common name: Great Black-backed Gull rank: species
  46. Ardea herodias
    common name: Great Blue Heron rank: species
  47. Aythya marila
    common name: Greater Scaup rank: species
  48. Sphyrna mokarran
    rank: species
  49. Puffinus gravis
    common name: Great Shearwater rank: species
  50. Stercorarius skua
    common name: Great Skua rank: species
  51. Chelonia mydas
    common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
  52. Gelochelidon nilotica
    common name: Gull-billed Tern rank: species
  53. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  54. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  55. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  56. Sphyrnidae
    common name: bonnethead sharks rank: family
  57. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  58. Larus argentatus
    common name: Herring Gull rank: species
  59. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  60. Lepidochelys kempii
    common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
  61. Leucophaeus atricilla
    common name: Laughing Gull rank: species
  62. Sternula antillarum
    common name: Least Tern rank: species
  63. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  64. Larus fuscus
    common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull rank: species
  65. Hydrocoloeus minutus
    common name: Little Gull rank: species
  66. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  67. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  68. Stercorarius longicaudus
    common name: Long-tailed Jaeger rank: species
  69. Gaviidae
    common name: Divers rank: family
  70. Coryphaena hippurus
    common name: dolphinfish rank: species
  71. Puffinus puffinus
    common name: Manx Shearwater rank: species
  72. Alcidae
    rank: family
  73. Fulmarus glacialis
    common name: Northern Fulmar rank: species
  74. Morus bassanus
    common name: Northern Gannet rank: species
  75. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  76. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  77. Stercorarius parasiticus
    common name: Parasitic Jaeger rank: species
  78. Passeriformes
    common name: Perching Birds rank: order
  79. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
  80. Stercorarius pomarinus
    common name: Pomarine Jaeger rank: species
  81. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  82. Alca torda
    common name: Razorbill rank: species
  83. Mergus serrator
    common name: Red-breasted Merganser rank: species
  84. Aythya americana
    common name: Redhead rank: species
  85. Phalaropus lobatus
    common name: Red-necked Phalarope rank: species
  86. Phalaropus fulicarius
    common name: Red Phalarope rank: species
  87. Phalaropus
    rank: genus
  88. Gavia stellata
    common name: Red-throated Loon rank: species
  89. Echeneidae
    common name: remoras rank: family
  90. Larus delawarensis
    common name: Ring-billed Gull rank: species
  91. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  92. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  93. Laridae
    common name: Gulls rank: family
  94. Thalasseus maximus
    common name: Royal Tern rank: species
  95. Arenaria interpres
    common name: Ruddy Turnstone rank: species
  96. Thalasseus sandvicensis
    common name: Sandwich Tern rank: species
  97. Sphyrna lewini
    common name: scalloped hammerhead rank: species
  98. Melanitta
    common name: Scoters rank: genus
  99. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  100. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  101. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
  102. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
  103. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
  104. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  105. Stercorariidae
    rank: family
  106. Sphyrna zygaena
    common name: smooth hammerhead rank: species
  107. Egretta thula
    common name: Snowy Egret rank: species
  108. Onychoprion
    rank: genus
  109. Puffinus griseus
    common name: Sooty Shearwater rank: species
  110. Onychoprion fuscatus
    common name: Sooty Tern rank: species
  111. Aetobatus narinari
    common name: spotted eagle ray rank: species
  112. Squalus acanthias
    common name: piked dogfish rank: species
  113. Sterna
    rank: genus
  114. Oceanodroma
    common name: Dark Storm Petrels rank: genus
  115. Centrarchidae
    common name: sunfishes rank: family
  116. Melanitta perspicillata
    common name: Surf Scoter rank: species
  117. Laridae
    common name: Gulls rank: family
  118. Thalasseus
    rank: genus
  119. Galeocerdo cuvier
    common name: tiger shark rank: species
  120. Pterodroma arminjoniana
    common name: Herald Petrel rank: species
  121. Perciformes
    rank: order
  122. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  123. Osteichthyes
    common name: bony fishes rank: superclass
  124. Mammalia
    common name: mammals rank: class
  125. Rhincodon typus
    common name: whale shark rank: species
  126. Carcharodon carcharias
    common name: Great white shark rank: species
  127. Melanitta fusca
    common name: Velvet Scoter rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,North Carolina,South Carolina

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Michelle Vukovich
originator
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.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
Michelle Vukovich
owner
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com
Michelle Vukovich
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com
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