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UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06

Dataset homepage

Citation

McLellan, W. 2011. UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/360) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/u5r25d accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-14.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Abstract: Aerial surveys were flown in parallel lines from the South Carolina/North Carolina border to the south end of Assateague Island, Virginia, United States from October 2005 to April 2006. All large whale, small cetaceans, sea turtles and large fish, and ship sightings were recorded. Surveys were conducted in Beaufort sea states of 5 or under and in clear weather conditions. Photos of all large whales exist in the VAB LAB photo data base at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). UNCW houses a data base that now extends from 1998 to 2006 for aerial surveys conducted in the mid-Atlantic and southeast Atlantic bight. Purpose: To conduct systematic aerial surveys for large whales, specifically targeting right whales, during the fall, winter and spring off North Carolina and Virginia, United States.

Purpose

To conduct systematic aerial surveys for large whales, specifically targeting right whales, during the fall, winter and spring off North Carolina and Virginia, United States.

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. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  2. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  3. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  4. Chelonia mydas
    common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
  5. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  6. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  7. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  8. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  9. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  10. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  11. Lepidochelys kempii
    common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
  12. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  13. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  14. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  15. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  16. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  17. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  18. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  19. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

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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