US Navy marine mammal and sea turtle sightings from aerial surveys, Vieques, Puerto Rico 2000

Andrew DiMatteo

doi:10.15468/6p54qp

US Navy marine mammal and sea turtle sightings from aerial surveys, Vieques, Puerto Rico 2000

Citation

DiMatteo A, OBIS-SEAMAP (2021). US Navy marine mammal and sea turtle sightings from aerial surveys, Vieques, Puerto Rico 2000. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6p54qp accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.

Description

Original provider: Andrew DiMatteo, US Navy Dataset credits: U.S. Department of the Navy Abstract: Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI), under contract with the U.S. Deptartment of the Navy, conducted aerial surveys for manatees, other marine mammals, and sea turtles over the surrounding waters, and for sea turtle nests along the beaches of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The intent of these aerial surveys was to determine the presence of sea turtles, sea turtle nests, or marine mammals in the areas surrounding the Live Impact Area (LIA), Yellow Beach within the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility (AFWTF), or other identified exercise locations around Vieques, Naval Station Roosevelt Roads (NSRR), and Offshore areas. These surveys were conducted to comply with the Biological Opinions issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Purpose: Baseline information regarding protected natural resources is critical in order to assess the potential impacts of federal action to those resources. Here, aerial surveys were conducted to provide baseline information on marine mammals, birds, and sea turtles utilizing beaches and the surrounding waters of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA. Portions of the island are currently being remediated by the U.S. Navy under CERCLA. These data were used in support of developing biological evaluations of Navy activities under CERCLA. Supplemental information: [2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Turtles: Testudines (173749) => Testudines (948936) One sighting record on land was excluded.
December 17, 2013: Nesting data from this study were contributed to the State of the World's Sea Turtles (SWOT) database and can be viewed online. (Click the icon next to the "SWOT #nesting records" > type in "Andrew DiMatteo" in the search box within the "SWOT Nesting Records on Map" window.)

Purpose

Baseline information regarding protected natural resources is critical in order to assess the potential impacts of federal action to those resources. Here, aerial surveys were conducted to provide baseline information on marine mammals, birds, and sea turtles utilizing beaches and the surrounding waters of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA. Portions of the island are currently being remediated by the U.S. Navy under CERCLA. These data were used in support of developing biological evaluations of Navy activities under CERCLA.

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).

Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Eretmochelys imbricata
common name: Hawksbill Sea Turtle rank: species
Trichechus manatus
common name: West Indian Manatee rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Pelecanus
rank: genus
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Testudines
common name: Turtles rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Andrew DiMatteo
originator
position: Primary contact
US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic
email: andrew.dimatteo@navy.mil

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

Andrew DiMatteo
owner
position: Primary contact
US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic
email: andrew.dimatteo@navy.mil

Andrew DiMatteo
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic
email: andrew.dimatteo@navy.mil