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Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy - OPA 2016

Dataset homepage

Citation

APEM and Normandeau Associates prepared for New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. 2018. Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy - OPA 2016. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1817) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/28s2hs accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-30.

Description

Original provider: NYSERDA, APEM, Normandeau Associates Dataset credits: NYSERDA, Normandeau Associates Inc., APEM Ltd. Abstract: In support of New York State’s commitment to incorporating offshore wind into its energy portfolio, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) embarked on a multi-year ultra-high resolution aerial digital survey of marine resources in a 43,745.20 km2 (12,754.06 mi2) offshore planning area (OPA) in 2016. The OPA encompasses the waters of the New York Bight from Long Island southeast to the continental shelf break. Surveys are conducted on a quarterly basis, timed to coincide with periods of abundance of avian and marine species that could be vulnerable to impacts from offshore wind activities. Each survey collected images covering at least 7% of the OPA. For each survey, approximately 300,000 images were collected within the OPA using a transect design. During the first survey year, special attention was also paid to the wind energy area (WEA) using a more detailed grid survey design, collecting around 100,000 images. Each survey collected images covering at least 10% of the WEA. WEA survey data are in a separate dataset. There was some variation in sampling effort among surveys as a different camera system that captured a larger footprint was used after the Summer 2016 survey. YR1 consists of Survey01 Summer2016, Survey02 Fall2016, Survey03 Winter2016-17, Survey04 Spring2017. Purpose: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) contracted with Normandeau Associates Inc. (Normandeau) and teaming partner APEM Inc. (APEM) to use high resolution aerial digital imagery to collect data on birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, cartilaginous fish, and other taxa encountered offshore. Surveys are conducted four times a year over three years. The surveys have been designed in light of available historical data and use the latest digital and sensor technology to provide high identification success. Survey results for birds, marine mammals, turtles, and cartilaginous fish are presented in semiannual reports, which will cumulatively provide insight into interseasonal and interannual variation in species composition, densities, and distributions. Reports are available at https://remote.normandeau.com/nys_docs.php. Supplemental information: [2020-08-06] Data were updated with additional attributes. Species identification was revised. https://remote.normandeau.com https://remote.normandeau.com/aer_docs.php?pj=6

Purpose

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) contracted with Normandeau Associates Inc. (Normandeau) and teaming partner APEM Inc. (APEM) to use high resolution aerial digital imagery to collect data on birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, cartilaginous fish, and other taxa encountered offshore. Surveys are conducted four times a year over three years. The surveys have been designed in light of available historical data and use the latest digital and sensor technology to provide high identification success. Survey results for birds, marine mammals, turtles, and cartilaginous fish are presented in semiannual reports, which will cumulatively provide insight into interseasonal and interannual variation in species composition, densities, and distributions. Reports are available at https://remote.normandeau.com/nys_docs.php.

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. Thunnus thynnus
    common name: Atlantic bluefin tuna rank: species
  2. Fratercula arctica
    common name: Atlantic Puffin rank: species
  3. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  4. Lagenorhynchus acutus
    common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  5. Puffinus lherminieri
    common name: Audubon's Shearwater rank: species
  6. Alcidae
    rank: family
  7. Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    common name: Bald Eagle rank: species
  8. Oceanodroma castro
    common name: Band-rumped Storm Petrel rank: species
  9. Cetorhinus maximus
    common name: basking shark rank: species
  10. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  11. Istiophoridae
    common name: billfishes rank: family
  12. Pluvialis squatarola
    common name: Black-bellied Plover rank: species
  13. Pterodroma hasitata
    common name: Black-capped Petrel rank: species
  14. Cepphus grylle
    common name: Black Guillemot rank: species
  15. Rissa tridactyla
    common name: Black-legged Kittiwake rank: species
  16. Melanitta nigra
    common name: Black Scoter rank: species
  17. Chlidonias niger
    common name: Black Tern rank: species
  18. Prionace glauca
    common name: blue shark rank: species
  19. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  20. Dasyatis say
    common name: bluntnose stingray rank: species
  21. Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    common name: Bonaparte's Gull rank: species
  22. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  23. Pelecanus occidentalis
    common name: Brown Pelican rank: species
  24. Bucephala albeola
    common name: Bufflehead rank: species
  25. Branta canadensis
    common name: Canada Goose rank: species
  26. Carcharhinidae
    rank: family
  27. Mobula tarapacana
    common name: sicklefin devil ray rank: species
  28. Rachycentron canadum
    common name: cobia rank: species
  29. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  30. Bucephala clangula
    common name: Common Goldeneye rank: species
  31. Gavia immer
    common name: Common Loon rank: species
  32. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  33. Uria aalge
    common name: Common Murre rank: species
  34. Sterna hirundo
    common name: Common Tern rank: species
  35. Uria
    rank: genus
  36. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  37. Phalacrocoracidae
    rank: family
  38. Calonectris diomedea
    common name: Cory's Shearwater rank: species
  39. Myliobatiformes
    rank: order
  40. Rhinoptera bonasus
    common name: cownose ray rank: species
  41. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  42. Phalacrocorax auritus
    common name: Double-crested Cormorant rank: species
  43. Alle alle
    common name: Dovekie rank: species
  44. Anatidae
    common name: Ducks rank: family
  45. Carcharhinus obscurus
    common name: dusky shark rank: species
  46. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  47. Anas strepera
    common name: Gadwall rank: species
  48. Mobula mobular
    common name: giant devil ray rank: species
  49. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  50. Larus hyperboreus
    common name: Glaucous Gull rank: species
  51. Halichoerus grypus
    common name: Atlantic gray seal rank: species
  52. Larus marinus
    common name: Great Black-backed Gull rank: species
  53. Sphyrna mokarran
    rank: species
  54. Puffinus gravis
    common name: Great Shearwater rank: species
  55. Chelonia mydas
    common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
  56. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Auks rank: order
  57. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Auks rank: order
  58. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Auks rank: order
  59. Sphyrnidae
    common name: bonnethead sharks rank: family
  60. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  61. Phoca vitulina
    common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
  62. Pagophilus groenlandicus
    common name: Harp Seal rank: species
  63. Larus argentatus
    common name: Herring Gull rank: species
  64. Podiceps auritus
    common name: Horned Grebe rank: species
  65. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  66. Larus glaucoides
    common name: Iceland Gull rank: species
  67. Lepidochelys kempii
    common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
  68. Somateria spectabilis
    common name: King Eider rank: species
  69. Leucophaeus atricilla
    common name: Laughing Gull rank: species
  70. Oceanodroma leucorhoa
    common name: Leach's Storm Petrel rank: species
  71. Sternula antillarum
    common name: Least Tern rank: species
  72. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  73. Larus fuscus
    common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull rank: species
  74. Aythya affinis
    common name: Lesser Scaup rank: species
  75. Hydrocoloeus minutus
    common name: Little Gull rank: species
  76. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  77. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  78. Clangula hyemalis
    common name: Long-tailed Duck rank: species
  79. Gaviidae
    common name: Divers rank: family
  80. Coryphaena hippurus
    common name: dolphinfish rank: species
  81. Alcidae
    rank: family
  82. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  83. Fulmarus glacialis
    common name: Northern Fulmar rank: species
  84. Morus bassanus
    common name: Northern Gannet rank: species
  85. Carcharhinus longimanus
    common name: oceanic whitetip shark rank: species
  86. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
  87. Pandion haliaetus
    common name: Osprey rank: species
  88. Stercorarius parasiticus
    common name: Parasitic Jaeger rank: species
  89. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars rank: family
  90. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  91. Stercorarius pomarinus
    common name: Pomarine Jaeger rank: species
  92. Chondrichthyes
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
  93. Alca torda
    common name: Razorbill rank: species
  94. Mergus serrator
    common name: Red-breasted Merganser rank: species
  95. Phalaropus lobatus
    common name: Red-necked Phalarope rank: species
  96. Phalaropus fulicarius
    common name: Red Phalarope rank: species
  97. Phalaropus
    rank: genus
  98. Gavia stellata
    common name: Red-throated Loon rank: species
  99. Larus delawarensis
    common name: Ring-billed Gull rank: species
  100. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  101. Sterna dougallii
    common name: Roseate Tern rank: species
  102. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  103. Thalasseus maximus
    common name: Royal Tern rank: species
  104. Sphyrna lewini
    common name: scalloped hammerhead rank: species
  105. Melanitta
    common name: Scoters rank: genus
  106. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  107. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
  108. Masturus lanceolatus
    common name: sharptail mola rank: species
  109. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars rank: family
  110. Procellariidae
    common name: Fulmars rank: family
  111. Ciconiiformes
    common name: Auks rank: order
  112. Isurus oxyrinchus
    common name: shortfin mako rank: species
  113. Sphyrna zygaena
    common name: smooth hammerhead rank: species
  114. Puffinus griseus
    common name: Sooty Shearwater rank: species
  115. Stercorarius maccormicki
    common name: South Polar Skua rank: species
  116. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  117. Squalus acanthias
    common name: piked dogfish rank: species
  118. Sterna
    rank: genus
  119. Oceanodroma
    common name: Dark Storm Petrels rank: genus
  120. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  121. Centrarchidae
    common name: sunfishes rank: family
  122. Melanitta perspicillata
    common name: Surf Scoter rank: species
  123. Laridae
    common name: Gulls rank: family
  124. Alopias vulpinus
    rank: species
  125. Galeocerdo cuvier
    common name: tiger shark rank: species
  126. Pterodroma arminjoniana
    common name: Herald Petrel rank: species
  127. Perciformes
    rank: order
  128. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
  129. Mammalia
    common name: mammals rank: class
  130. Rhincodon typus
    common name: whale shark rank: species
  131. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  132. Carcharodon carcharias
    common name: Great white shark rank: species
  133. Melanitta fusca
    common name: Velvet Scoter rank: species
  134. Oceanites oceanicus
    common name: Wilson's Storm Petrel rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,New York Bight

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Michelle Vukovich
originator
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com
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
Michelle Vukovich
owner
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com
Michelle Vukovich
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com
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