Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019

Michelle Fogarty; Beth Goddard; Laura Jervis

doi:10.15468/jbqaen

Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019

Citation

Jervis, L. and D. Phillips. 2021. Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2159) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/jbqaen accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-08.

Description

Original provider: APEM Limited Dataset credits: APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc. Abstract: Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of their lease area located in the New York Bight (OCS-A 0512), now called Empire Wind. To facilitate this, 12 surveys were undertaken between February 2019 and December 2019 by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between November 2017 and October 2018 and can be accessed https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2067. Purpose: Equinor initiated monthly offshore high resolution aerial surveys of marine mega-fauna in the New York Bight offshore wind lease area plus a 4 km (2.5 mile) buffer. The surveys used APEM Inc.'s ultra-high resolution aerial digital still imagery to characterize birds present in the lease area and gather additional information on other marine fauna. These surveys provided the baseline information on the abundance and distribution of birds and other marine fauna over the course of a year, as required for conducting impact assessments. The dataset is comprised of observations and survey track line information collected from February 2019 to December 2019 inclusive (12 surveys in total). Supplemental information: [2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected. PASSERINE SPECIES UNID.: Aves => Passeriformes RAY SPECIES UNID.: Euselachii => Chondrichthyes SEAL SPECIES UNID.: Otariidae => Caniformia Each record represents 1 individual (except for Fish Shoals which is one entry per 1 shoal encompassing uncounted number of fish). Locations of digital snapshots are available as a static point layer.

Purpose

Equinor initiated monthly offshore high resolution aerial surveys of marine mega-fauna in the New York Bight offshore wind lease area plus a 4 km (2.5 mile) buffer. The surveys used APEM Inc.'s ultra-high resolution aerial digital still imagery to characterize birds present in the lease area and gather additional information on other marine fauna. These surveys provided the baseline information on the abundance and distribution of birds and other marine fauna over the course of a year, as required for conducting impact assessments. The dataset is comprised of observations and survey track line information collected from February 2019 to December 2019 inclusive (12 surveys in total).

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).

Sterna paradisaea
common name: Arctic Tern rank: species
Thunnus thynnus
common name: Atlantic bluefin tuna rank: species
Fratercula arctica
common name: Atlantic Puffin rank: species
Alcidae
rank: family
Cetorhinus maximus
common name: basking shark rank: species
Istiophoridae
common name: billfishes rank: family
Pluvialis squatarola
common name: Black-bellied Plover rank: species
Cepphus grylle
common name: Black Guillemot rank: species
Rissa tridactyla
common name: Black-legged Kittiwake rank: species
Melanitta nigra
common name: Black Scoter rank: species
Carcharhinus limbatus
common name: blacktip shark rank: species
Prionace glauca
common name: blue shark rank: species
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
common name: Bonaparte's Gull rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Carcharhinidae
rank: family
Mobula tarapacana
common name: sicklefin devil ray rank: species
Sterna
rank: genus
Sterna
rank: genus
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Gavia immer
common name: Common Loon rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Sterna hirundo
common name: Common Tern rank: species
Uria
rank: genus
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Rhinoptera bonasus
common name: cownose ray rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Alle alle
common name: Dovekie rank: species
Anatidae
common name: Ducks rank: family
Osteichthyes
common name: bony fishes rank: superclass
Sterna forsteri
common name: Forster's Tern rank: species
Larus marinus
common name: Great Black-backed Gull rank: species
Puffinus gravis
common name: Great Shearwater rank: species
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Sphyrnidae
common name: bonnethead sharks rank: family
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Larus argentatus
common name: Herring Gull rank: species
Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Leucophaeus atricilla
common name: Laughing Gull rank: species
Sternula antillarum
common name: Least Tern rank: species
Larus fuscus
common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull rank: species
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Gaviidae
common name: Divers rank: family
Coryphaena hippurus
common name: dolphinfish rank: species
Puffinus puffinus
common name: Manx Shearwater rank: species
Mammalia
common name: mammals rank: class
Alcidae
rank: family
Morus bassanus
common name: Northern Gannet rank: species
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Passeriformes
common name: Perching Birds rank: order
Chondrichthyes
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
Alca torda
common name: Razorbill rank: species
Phalaropus fulicarius
common name: Red Phalarope rank: species
Phalaropus
rank: genus
Gavia stellata
common name: Red-throated Loon rank: species
Larus delawarensis
common name: Ring-billed Gull rank: species
Sphyrna lewini
common name: scalloped hammerhead rank: species
Melanitta
common name: Scoters rank: genus
Caniformia
common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
Elasmobranchii
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Isurus oxyrinchus
common name: shortfin mako rank: species
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Sterna
rank: genus
Oceanodroma
common name: Dark Storm Petrels rank: genus
Centrarchidae
common name: sunfishes rank: family
Melanitta perspicillata
common name: Surf Scoter rank: species
Laridae
common name: Gulls rank: family
Perciformes
rank: order
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Carcharodon carcharias
common name: Great white shark rank: species
Melanitta fusca
common name: Velvet Scoter rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,New York Bight

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Michelle Fogarty
originator
position: Primary contact
Equinor
email: MFOG@equinor.com

Beth Goddard
originator
position: Primary contact
APEM Limited
email: B.Goddard@apemltd.co.uk

Laura Jervis
originator
position: Primary contact
APEM Limited
email: L.Jervis@apemltd.co.uk

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

Michelle Fogarty
owner
position: Primary contact
Equinor
email: MFOG@equinor.com

Beth Goddard
owner
position: Primary contact
APEM Limited
email: B.Goddard@apemltd.co.uk

Laura Jervis
owner
position: Primary contact
APEM Limited
email: L.Jervis@apemltd.co.uk

Michelle Fogarty
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Equinor
email: MFOG@equinor.com

Beth Goddard
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
APEM Limited
email: B.Goddard@apemltd.co.uk

Laura Jervis
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
APEM Limited
email: L.Jervis@apemltd.co.uk