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NMML 2002-2010 Bering Sea Shelf Cetacean Survey

Dataset homepage

Citation

Waite, J. 2012. NMML 2002-2010 Bering Sea Shelf Cetacean Survey. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/821) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/2hfc3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-02.

Description

Original provider: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Dataset credits: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Abstract: Visual line-transect surveys for cetaceans were conducted in the southeastern Bering Sea (SEBS) in association with a NOAA/Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s pollock stock assessment survey aboard the NOAA ship Miller Freeman (2002 and 2004) and the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson (2008 and 2010). In 2002 and 2004, the surveys were a continuation of those done in 1999 and 2000, taking advantage of the survey platform as it ran transects through SEBS. In 2008 and 2010, the cetacean survey was included as part of the Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program, a NPRB funded project to test and improve our understanding of effects of climate change and management actions on the Bering Sea ecosystem. Methods in all years were the same with three observers rotating through two 25x (Big Eye) binocular positions and one recorder on the flying bridge. Survey effort was conducted along the pollock survey transect lines, weather permitting. Additional effort was conducted while in transit to and from pollock survey waypoints. Transect survey effort was 3,761 km in 2002, 1,692 km in 2004 (observers were present for only half of the survey), 3,255 km in 2008 and 1,681 km in 2010. The following cetacean species were recorded: fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis), minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), Baird’s beaked whale (Berardius bairdii), Stejneger’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri), killer whale (Orcinus orca), Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), and harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Pinniped species were also recorded to include the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) and the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), as well as the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Fin whales were the most common large whale, and Dall's porpoises were the most common small cetacean. Distribution, abundance estimates and population trends for fin, humpback, and minke whales, and Dall’s and harbor porpoise are currently being analyzed. Purpose: The primary purpose of this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of whales and porpoises in the eastern Bering Sea in relation to the oceanographic domain.

Purpose

The primary purpose of this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of whales and porpoises in the eastern Bering Sea in relation to the oceanographic domain.

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 acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  2. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  3. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  4. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  5. Berardius bairdii
    common name: Baird's Beaked Whale rank: species
  6. Callorhinus ursinus
    common name: Northern Fur Seal rank: species
  7. Enhydra lutris
    common name: Sea Otter rank: species
  8. Eschrichtius robustus
    common name: Gray Whale rank: species
  9. Eumetopias jubatus
    common name: Steller Sea Lion rank: species
  10. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
    common name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  11. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  12. Mesoplodon stejnegeri
    common name: Bering Sea beaked whale rank: species
  13. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  14. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  15. Phocoenoides dalli
    common name: Dall's Porpoise rank: species
  16. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  17. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  18. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  19. Phocoenidae
    common name: porpoises rank: family
  20. Otariidae
    common name: eared seals rank: family
  21. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  22. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Janice Waite
originator
position: Primary contact
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
email: Janice.Waite@noaa.gov
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
Janice Waite
owner
position: Primary contact
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
email: Janice.Waite@noaa.gov
Janice Waite
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
email: Janice.Waite@noaa.gov
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