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SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Vaquita 1997, Cruise 1608

Dataset homepage

Citation

Moore J, OBIS-SEAMAP (2022). SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Vaquita 1997, Cruise 1608. Version 1.9. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/emz3rn accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-08.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Dataset credits: Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA Abstract: The 1998 Vaquita Abudance Survey was a collaboration between the National Marine Fisheries Service and SEMARNAP’s Instituto Nacional de la Pesca (INP) of Mexico. This line-transect survey was designed to collect data to estimate the abundance of vaquita, or Gulf of California harbor porpoise. The study area was from the northern end of the Gulf of California south to about 30 degrees north latitude in waters less than 100 meters deep. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard the NOAA ship David Starr Jordan for a total of 1,560 kilometers surveyed from mid-August to mid-September 1997. This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey. Purpose: The primary objective was to collect data to estimate the abundance vaquita, or Gulf of California harbor porpoise. Supplemental information: This dataset is supplemental to the following datasets: SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Vaquita 2008, Cruise 1637

Purpose

The primary objective was to collect data to estimate the abundance vaquita, or Gulf of California harbor porpoise.

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. Delphinus
    common name: common dolphins rank: genus
  2. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  3. Delphinus capensis
    common name: Long-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  4. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  5. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  6. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
    common name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  7. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  8. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  9. Phocoena sinus
    common name: Gulf of California harbor porpoise rank: species
  10. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  11. Kogia sima
    common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
  12. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  13. Berardius bairdii
    common name: Baird's Beaked Whale rank: species
  14. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  15. Balaenoptera edeni
    common name: Eden's whale rank: species
  16. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  17. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  18. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  19. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  20. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  21. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  22. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  23. Arctocephalus townsendi
    common name: Guadalupe Fur Seal rank: species
  24. Mirounga angustirostris
    common name: Northern Elephant Seal rank: species
  25. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  26. Otariidae
    common name: eared seals rank: family
  27. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  28. Zalophus californianus
    common name: California Sea Lion rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Gulf of California,Mexico

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Primary contact
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
email: jeff.e.moore@noaa.gov
homepage: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/california-current-marine-mammal-assessment-program
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
Jeffrey Moore
owner
position: Primary contact
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
email: jeff.e.moore@noaa.gov
homepage: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/california-current-marine-mammal-assessment-program
Jeffrey Moore
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
email: jeff.e.moore@noaa.gov
homepage: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/california-current-marine-mammal-assessment-program
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