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NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004

Dataset homepage

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

  1. NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  1. Cetorhinus maximus
    common name: basking shark rank: species
  2. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  3. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  4. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  5. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  6. Chelonia mydas
    common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
  7. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  8. Phoca vitulina
    common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
  9. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  10. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  11. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  12. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  13. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  14. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  15. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  16. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  17. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  18. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  19. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  20. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  21. 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
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