Sargasso 2004 - Seabirds

David Hyrenbach; Hal Whitehead

doi:10.15468/4qsb75

Sargasso 2004 - Seabirds

Citation

Hyrenbach, D. and H. Whitehead. 2008. Sargasso 2004 - Seabirds . Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/310) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/4qsb75 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-16.

Description

Original provider: Dalhousie University Dataset credits: Hal Whitehead, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University Abstract: The Sargasso Sea cruise surveyed marine birds and mammals in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, during the summer of 2004. This survey onboard the Valiant 40 ocean-going research vessel Balaena, consisted of two survey legs: a sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Beaufort, North Carolina (May 5 - 27), and a round trip from Beaufort, North Carolina to offshore waters north of the Bahamas (June 2 - 22). Seabirds were surveyed during the second leg of this cruise by Lesley Thorne, a graduate student from the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Purpose: The seabird survey data summarize the distribution and abundance of marine birds during the Sargasso Sea cruise. Supplemental information: [2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Bonaparte's Gull: Larus philadelphia (176839) => Chroicocephalus philadelphia (824040) Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (176837) => Leucophaeus atricilla (824079) This dataset includes survey effort and sightings on effort and during focal follows of sperm whale schools (off effort). The survey track was recorded by logging a position every 10 minutes using the vessel's GPS.

Purpose

The seabird survey data summarize the distribution and abundance of marine birds during the Sargasso Sea cruise.

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).

Chroicocephalus philadelphia
common name: Bonaparte's Gull rank: species
Pelecanus occidentalis
common name: Brown Pelican rank: species
Calonectris diomedea
common name: Cory's Shearwater rank: species
Sterna hirundo
common name: Common Tern rank: species
Puffinus gravis
common name: Great Shearwater rank: species
Larus argentatus
common name: Herring Gull rank: species
Leucophaeus atricilla
common name: Laughing Gull rank: species
Puffinus puffinus
common name: Manx Shearwater rank: species
Puffinus griseus
common name: Sooty Shearwater rank: species
Procellariidae
common name: Fulmars rank: family
Procellariidae
common name: Fulmars rank: family
Sterna
rank: genus
Oceanites oceanicus
common name: Wilson's Storm Petrel rank: species
Phaethon lepturus
common name: White-tailed Tropicbird rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Newfoundland,North Carolina,Bahamas,Sargasso Sea

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

David Hyrenbach
originator
position: Primary contact
Duke University Marine Laboratory
email: khyrenba@u.washington.edu
homepage: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html

Hal Whitehead
originator
position: Primary contact
Dalhousie University
email: hwhitehe@dal.ca
homepage: http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca

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

David Hyrenbach
owner
position: Primary contact
Duke University Marine Laboratory
email: khyrenba@u.washington.edu
homepage: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html

Hal Whitehead
owner
position: Primary contact
Dalhousie University
email: hwhitehe@dal.ca
homepage: http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca

David Hyrenbach
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Duke University Marine Laboratory
email: khyrenba@u.washington.edu
homepage: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html

Hal Whitehead
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Dalhousie University
email: hwhitehe@dal.ca
homepage: http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca