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Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy - OPA 2018

Dataset homepage

Citation

Normandeau Associates and APEM data prepared for New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. 2019. Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy. NYSERDA. https://doi.org/10.15468/mvszkt accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: NYSERDA, APEM, Normandeau Associates Dataset credits: NYSERDA, Normandeau Associates Inc., APEM Ltd. Abstract: In support of New York State’s commitment to incorporating offshore wind into its energy portfolio, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) embarked on a multi-year ultra- high resolution aerial digital survey of marine resources in a 43,745.20 km2 (12,754.06 mi2) offshore planning area (OPA) in 2016. The OPA encompasses the waters of the New York Bight from Long Island southeast to the continental shelf break. Surveys are conducted on a quarterly basis, timed to coincide with periods of abundance of avian and marine species that could be vulnerable to impacts from offshore wind activities. Each survey collected images covering at least 7% of the OPA. For each survey, approximately 300,000 images were collected within the OPA using a transect design. During the first survey year, special attention was also paid to the wind energy area (WEA) using a more detailed grid survey design, collecting around 100,000 images. Each survey collected images covering at least 10% of the WEA. WEA survey data are in a separate dataset.There was some variation in sampling effort among surveys as a different camera system that captured a larger footprint was used after the Summer 2016 survey.YR3 consists of Survey09 Summer2018, Survey10 Fall2018, Survey11 Winter2018- 19, Survey12 Spring2019. Purpose: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) contracted with Normandeau Associates Inc. (Normandeau) and teaming partner APEM Inc. (APEM) to use high resolution aerial digital imagery to collect data on birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, cartilaginous fish, and other taxa encountered offshore. Surveys are conducted four times a year over three years. The surveys have been designed in light of available historical data and use the latest digital and sensor technology to provide high identification success. Survey results for birds, marine mammals, turtles, and cartilaginous fish are presented in semiannual reports, which will cumulatively provide insight into interseasonal and interannual variation in species composition, densities, and distributions. Reports are available at https://remote.normandeau.com/nys_docs.php. Supplemental information: [2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected. GANNET: Morus => Sulidae BLACK SCOTER: Pluvialis squatarola => Melanitta nigra BLACK TERN: Pterodroma hasitata => Chlidonias niger BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER: Rissa tridactyla => Pluvialis squatarola BLACK-CAPPED PETREL: Melanitta nigra => Pterodroma hasitata BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE: Chlidonias niger => Rissa tridactyla LOGGERHEAD TURTLE: Cheloniidae => Caretta caretta LOGGERHEAD/KEMP'S TURTLE: Caretta caretta => Cheloniidae RED PHALAROPE: Mergus serrator => Phalaropus fulicarius RED/RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: Phalaropus lobatus => Phalaropus RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Phalaropus fulicarius => Mergus serrator RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: Phalaropus => Phalaropus lobatus Transect area is calculated based on the planned aircraft altitude and assumed to be a consistent value. Actual coverage of the area may vary due to fluctuations in the aircraft altitude during the survey. This may result in target observation points being displayed outside the transect area. Tracklines are viewable online as a static layer. The data in 2016 is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1817 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1818 The data in 2017 is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1994

Purpose

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) contracted with Normandeau Associates Inc. (Normandeau) and teaming partner APEM Inc. (APEM) to use high resolution aerial digital imagery to collect data on birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, cartilaginous fish, and other taxa encountered offshore. Surveys are conducted four times a year over three years. The surveys have been designed in light of available historical data and use the latest digital and sensor technology to provide high identification success. Survey results for birds, marine mammals, turtles, and cartilaginous fish are presented in semiannual reports, which will cumulatively provide insight into interseasonal and interannual variation in species composition, densities, and distributions. Reports are available at https://remote.normandeau.com/nys_docs.php.

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. Anas rubripes
    common name: American Black Duck rank: species
  2. Haematopus palliatus
    common name: American Oystercatcher rank: species
  3. Thunnus thynnus
    common name: Atlantic bluefin tuna rank: species
  4. Fratercula arctica
    common name: Atlantic Puffin rank: species
  5. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  6. Xiphias gladius
    common name: Atlantic swordfish rank: species
  7. Alcidae
    rank: family
  8. Cetorhinus maximus
    common name: basking shark rank: species
  9. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  10. Istiophoridae
    common name: billfishes rank: family
  11. Pluvialis squatarola
    common name: Black-bellied Plover rank: species
  12. Pterodroma hasitata
    common name: Black-capped Petrel rank: species
  13. Chlidonias niger
    common name: Black Tern rank: species
  14. Melanitta nigra
    common name: Black Scoter rank: species
  15. Chlidonias niger
    common name: Black Tern rank: species
  16. Prionace glauca
    common name: blue shark rank: species
  17. Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    common name: Bonaparte's Gull rank: species
  18. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  19. Branta bernicla
    common name: Brant rank: species
  20. Bucephala albeola
    common name: Bufflehead rank: species
  21. Myliobatis freminvillii
    common name: bullnose ray rank: species
  22. Carcharhinidae
    rank: family
  23. Mobula tarapacana
    common name: sicklefin devil ray rank: species
  24. Rachycentron canadum
    common name: cobia rank: species
  25. Sterna
    rank: genus
  26. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  27. Somateria mollissima
    common name: Common Eider rank: species
  28. Gavia immer
    common name: Common Loon rank: species
  29. Mergus merganser
    common name: Common Merganser rank: species
  30. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  31. Sterna hirundo
    common name: Common Tern rank: species
  32. Uria
    rank: genus
  33. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  34. Phalacrocoracidae
    rank: family
  35. Calonectris diomedea
    common name: Cory's Shearwater rank: species
  36. Rhinoptera bonasus
    common name: cownose ray rank: species
  37. Myliobatiformes
    rank: order
  38. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  39. Alle alle
    common name: Dovekie rank: species
  40. Anatidae
    common name: Ducks rank: family
  41. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  42. Sterna forsteri
    common name: Forster's Tern rank: species
  43. Sulidae
    rank: family
  44. Mobula mobular
    common name: giant devil ray rank: species
  45. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  46. Larus marinus
    common name: Great Black-backed Gull rank: species
  47. Ardea herodias
    common name: Great Blue Heron 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. Podicipedidae
    rank: family
  52. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  53. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  54. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  55. Sphyrnidae
    common name: bonnethead sharks rank: family
  56. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  57. Phoca vitulina
    common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
  58. Larus argentatus
    common name: Herring Gull rank: species
  59. Hirundinidae
    rank: family
  60. Podiceps auritus
    common name: Horned Grebe rank: species
  61. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  62. Larus glaucoides
    common name: Iceland Gull rank: species
  63. Lepidochelys kempii
    common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
  64. Leucophaeus atricilla
    common name: Laughing Gull rank: species
  65. Sternula antillarum
    common name: Least Tern rank: species
  66. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  67. Larus fuscus
    common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull rank: species
  68. Hydrocoloeus minutus
    common name: Little Gull rank: species
  69. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  70. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  71. Clangula hyemalis
    common name: Long-tailed Duck rank: species
  72. Gaviidae
    common name: Divers rank: family
  73. Coryphaena hippurus
    common name: dolphinfish rank: species
  74. Anas platyrhynchos
    common name: Mallard rank: species
  75. Puffinus puffinus
    common name: Manx Shearwater rank: species
  76. Alcidae
    rank: family
  77. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  78. Fulmarus glacialis
    common name: Northern Fulmar rank: species
  79. Morus bassanus
    common name: Northern Gannet rank: species
  80. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  81. Pandion haliaetus
    common name: Osprey rank: species
  82. Stercorarius parasiticus
    common name: Parasitic Jaeger rank: species
  83. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  84. Charadrius melodus
    common name: Piping Plover rank: species
  85. Kogia breviceps
    common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
  86. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  87. Alca torda
    common name: Razorbill rank: species
  88. Mergus serrator
    common name: Red-breasted Merganser rank: species
  89. Phalaropus lobatus
    common name: Red-necked Phalarope rank: species
  90. Phalaropus fulicarius
    common name: Red Phalarope rank: species
  91. Phalaropus
    rank: genus
  92. Gavia stellata
    common name: Red-throated Loon rank: species
  93. Echeneidae
    common name: remoras rank: family
  94. Larus delawarensis
    common name: Ring-billed Gull rank: species
  95. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  96. Sterna dougallii
    common name: Roseate Tern rank: species
  97. Thalasseus maximus
    common name: Royal Tern rank: species
  98. Sphyrna lewini
    common name: scalloped hammerhead rank: species
  99. Melanitta
    common name: Scoters rank: genus
  100. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  101. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  102. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  103. Masturus lanceolatus
    common name: sharptail mola rank: species
  104. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
  105. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
  106. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
  107. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
  108. Isurus oxyrinchus
    common name: shortfin mako rank: species
  109. Stercorariidae
    rank: family
  110. Sphyrna zygaena
    common name: smooth hammerhead rank: species
  111. Egretta thula
    common name: Snowy Egret rank: species
  112. Puffinus griseus
    common name: Sooty Shearwater rank: species
  113. Stercorarius maccormicki
    common name: South Polar Skua rank: species
  114. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  115. Squalus acanthias
    common name: piked dogfish rank: species
  116. Sterna
    rank: genus
  117. Oceanodroma
    common name: Dark Storm Petrels rank: genus
  118. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  119. Centrarchidae
    common name: sunfishes rank: family
  120. Melanitta perspicillata
    common name: Surf Scoter rank: species
  121. Laridae
    common name: Gulls rank: family
  122. Galeocerdo cuvier
    common name: tiger shark rank: species
  123. Perciformes
    rank: order
  124. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  125. Osteichthyes
    common name: bony fishes rank: superclass
  126. Mammalia
    common name: mammals rank: class
  127. Rhincodon typus
    common name: whale shark rank: species
  128. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  129. Pelagodroma marina
    common name: White-faced Storm Petrel rank: species
  130. Carcharodon carcharias
    common name: Great white shark rank: species
  131. Melanitta fusca
    common name: Velvet Scoter rank: species
  132. Thunnus albacares
    common name: yellowfin tuna rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,New York Bight

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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