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UNCW Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys 2006-2007

Dataset homepage

Citation

McLellan, W. 2011. UNCW Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys 2006-2007. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/400) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/3ydvec accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Abstract: Aerial surveys were flown in parallel lines from the South Carolina/North Carolina border to the south end of Assateague Island, Virginia, United States from December 2006 to May 2007. All large whale, small cetaceans, sea turtles and large fish, and ship sightings were recorded. Surveys were conducted in Beaufort sea states of 5 or under and in clear weather conditions. Photos of all large whales exist in the VAB LAB photo data base at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). UNCW houses a data base that now extends from 1998 to 2007 for aerial surveys conducted in the mid-Atlantic and southeast Atlantic bight. Purpose: To conduct systematic aerial surveys for large whales, specifically targeting right whales, during winter and spring off North Carolina and Virginia, United States.

Purpose

To conduct systematic aerial surveys for large whales, specifically targeting right whales, during winter and spring off North Carolina and Virginia, United States.

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. Balaenopteridae
    common name: rorquals rank: family
  2. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  3. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  4. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  5. Cetorhinus maximus
    common name: basking shark rank: species
  6. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  7. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  8. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  9. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  10. Lepidochelys kempii
    common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
  11. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  12. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  13. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  14. Rhinopteridae
    common name: cow-nose rays rank: family
  15. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  16. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

William McLellan
originator
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://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: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
William McLellan
owner
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
William McLellan
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
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