SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Vaquita 2008, Cruise 1637

Jeffrey Moore

doi:10.15468/uvse4n

SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Vaquita 2008, Cruise 1637

Citation

Moore J, OBIS-SEAMAP (2022). SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Vaquita 2008, Cruise 1637. Version 1.8. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uvse4n accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Dataset credits: Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA Abstract: The 2008 Vaquita Expedition was a joint US-Mexican effort to provide the best scientific data possible to aid the government of Mexico in conservation decisions for the vaquita. The study area was the northern end of the Gulf of California south to about 30.8 degrees north latitude. A line-transect survey of the deeper water of the study area was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard the NOAA ship David Starr Jordan in October and November 2008. 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 objective was to collect data to estimate the abundance vaquita, or Gulf of California harbor porpoise. Supplemental information: This dataset is supplemental to the following datasets: SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Vaquita 1997, Cruise 1608

Purpose

The primary objective was to collect data to estimate the abundance vaquita, or Gulf of California harbor porpoise.

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).

Delphinus
common name: common dolphins rank: genus
Delphinus capensis
common name: Long-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Phocoena sinus
common name: Gulf of California harbor porpoise rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Balaenoptera edeni
common name: Eden's whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Gulf of California,Mexico

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Primary 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

Jeffrey Moore
owner
position: Primary 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

Jeffrey Moore
administrative point of contact
position: Primary 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