UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06

William McLellan

doi:10.15468/u5r25d

UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06

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

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Chondrichthyes
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Chondrichthyes
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
Manta birostris
common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Chondrichthyes
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
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