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UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2017

Dataset homepage

Citation

McLellan, W. 2017. UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2017. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1652) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/h44bnz accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-16.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Supplemental information: [2019-07-29] Renamed from "UNCW & VAQS Patuxent Aerial Survey - Right side - 2017" upon to the provider's request. The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sighting data. The right side sighting data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2017 dataset. This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the PAX Aerial surveys. Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets: UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2017 UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016 UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016 UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015 UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015 All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.

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. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  2. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  3. Rhinoptera bonasus
    common name: cownose ray rank: species
  4. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic

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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