NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004

Debi Palka

doi:10.15468/7azxah

NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004

Citation

Palka, D. 2013. NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/398) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/7azxah accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-20.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: The survey was conducted on the NOAA DeHavilland Twin Otter DHC-6, Series 300 aircraft (N57 RF) from 12 June to 12 July 2004. The study area extended between the state border between Virginia and North Carolina (36 degrees N) to the Bay of Fundy (45 degrees N) and from the United States Atlantic shoreline to the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (58 degrees W). The team was based out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) on June 12; Salisbury, Maryland from June 13 to 18; back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) from June 19 to 28; Portland, Maine on June 29 to 30; Bar Harbor, Maine from July 1 to July 7; Halifax, Nova Scotia from July 8 to July 9; Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from July 10 to 11, and back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States on July 12th. Purpose: The objective of this survey was to describe the habitat of and estimate the abundance of cetaceans and turtles that are in the study area. Supplemental information: This aerial survey was conducted in conjunction with a shipboard survey 'NEFSC Mid-Atlantic marine mammal abundance survey 2004,' another dataset available on OBIS-SEAMAP.

Purpose

The objective of this survey was to describe the habitat of and estimate the abundance of cetaceans and turtles that are in the study area.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Cetorhinus maximus
common name: basking shark rank: species
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Phoca vitulina
common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Globicephala
common name: pilot whales rank: genus
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
Lagenorhynchus acutus
common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Debi Palka
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
email: dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu

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

Debi Palka
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
email: dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu

Debi Palka
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
email: dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu