SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, ORCAWALE 2008, Cruise 1635

Jay Barlow; Jeffrey Moore; Jeffrey Moore

doi:10.15468/eezpu6

SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, ORCAWALE 2008, Cruise 1635

Citation

Barlow J, Moore J, OBIS-SEAMAP (2022). SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, ORCAWALE 2008, Cruise 1635. Version 1.7. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/eezpu6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-10-01.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Abstract: The 2008 Oregon, California and Washington Line-Transect Experiment (ORCAWALE) was designed to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard the NOAA Ship McArthur II for a total of approximately 12,800 kilometers surveyed from late July to the end of 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 purpose of this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles. Supplemental information: [2021-04-13] Updated with additional attributes. SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1635 Perpendicular distance will be released upon permission by the contributor. Please contact the contributor if needed. Attribute descriptions for effort data: dist: Length of the segment (km) Mode: Effort mode type (C = closing mode; P = passing mode)

Purpose

The primary purpose of this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles.

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).

Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus capensis
common name: Long-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
common name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
Lissodelphis borealis
common name: Northern Right Whale Dolphin rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Phocoenoides dalli
common name: Dall's Porpoise rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Phocoenidae
common name: porpoises rank: family
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
Delphinus
common name: common dolphins rank: genus
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Berardius bairdii
common name: Baird's Beaked Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei 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
Kogia
common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Callorhinus ursinus
common name: Northern Fur Seal rank: species
Mirounga angustirostris
common name: Northern Elephant Seal rank: species
Otariidae
common name: eared seals rank: family
Zalophus californianus
common name: California Sea Lion rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Pacific,U.S. West Coast,California,Oregon,Washington,California Current

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jay Barlow
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov

Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Secondary 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

Jay Barlow
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov

Jeffrey Moore
originator
position: Secondary 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

Jay Barlow
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov