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SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, CAMMS 1991, Cruise 1426

Dataset homepage

Citation

Barlow, J. 2004. SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, CAMMS 1991, Cruise 1426. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/207) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/fs2em2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-17.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Abstract: This 1991 line-transect survey was designed to make abundance estimates for the cetacean species commonly found in California waters and killed in commercial gill net fishing operations. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA Ship McArthur for a total of approximately 10,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early November 1991. 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 purpose of the cruise was to estimate the abundance and understand the distribution of dolphin and whale species that inhabit California waters and are killed in United States commercial gill net fishing operations. Supplemental information: SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1426 Perpendicular distance will be released upon permission by the contributor. Please contact the contributor if needed.

Purpose

The primary purpose of the cruise was to estimate the abundance and understand the distribution of dolphin and whale species that inhabit California waters and are killed in United States commercial gill net fishing operations.

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. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  2. Delphinus capensis
    common name: Long-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  3. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  4. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  5. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  6. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
    common name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  7. Lissodelphis borealis
    common name: Northern Right Whale Dolphin rank: species
  8. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  9. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  10. Phocoenoides dalli
    common name: Dall's Porpoise rank: species
  11. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  12. Kogia breviceps
    common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
  13. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  14. Delphinus
    common name: common dolphins rank: genus
  15. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  16. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  17. Berardius bairdii
    common name: Baird's Beaked Whale rank: species
  18. Eschrichtius robustus
    common name: Gray Whale rank: species
  19. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  20. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  21. Balaenoptera edeni
    common name: Eden's whale rank: species
  22. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  23. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  24. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  25. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  26. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  27. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  28. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  29. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  30. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  31. Arctocephalus townsendi
    common name: Guadalupe Fur Seal rank: species
  32. Callorhinus ursinus
    common name: Northern Fur Seal rank: species
  33. Eumetopias jubatus
    common name: Steller Sea Lion rank: species
  34. Mirounga angustirostris
    common name: Northern Elephant Seal rank: species
  35. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  36. Phocidae
    common name: earless seals rank: family
  37. Zalophus californianus
    common name: California Sea Lion rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Pacific,U.S. West Coast,California,Oregon,Washington,California Current

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jay Barlow
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov
Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Secondary 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
Jay Barlow
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov
Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Secondary 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
Jay Barlow
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov
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