AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2012

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credit

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

N/A

Purpose

The objectives of the NEFSC aerial survey were 1) to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in waters north of New Jersey and shallower than 100 m depth and 2) to investigate how the animals' distribution and abundance relate to their physical and biological ecosystem.

Supplemental information

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available.

References

Attributes

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
tripidTrip ID
platformvltsAlways
oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort.
speciescodeSpecies code
comnameCommon name
kingdomKingdom
phylumPhylum
classClass
order_sciOrder
familyFamily
scientificnameScientific name
references_References
observationheightAltitude of aircraft in feet above sea level
platformspeedSpeed of the platform at the time of the sighting in knots
higherinstitutioncodeHigher institution code "DOC:NOAA:NEFSC"
institutioncodeInstitution code "NEFSC"
ownerinstitutioncodeInstituion who owns the data "NEFSC"
basisofrecordBasis of record "HumanObservation"
recordtypeRecord type "VLTS" (visual line transect survey)
sightidSight ID
individualcountIndividual count
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
sighttypeSighting type ("O")
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
perpendiculardistancePerpendicular distance to the animal
datasetidDataset ID
datasetnameDataset name
eventdateDate and time of the sigthing at local time
eventdatetimezoneThe time zone of the observation event
timeDate and time of the sighting in UTC
effortidEffort ID
cueThe sighting cue that initially drew the observers attention
behaviorBehavior
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
typevltsFlag to indicate the first observation sighting on transect (F) or others.
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1247
Seabirds0
Marine mammals261
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks12
Other species6
Non spatial0
Non species6
Total285
Date, Begin2012-03-28
Date, End2012-05-03
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude39.69 - 44.92
Longitude-73.30 - -65.27
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1248)
Traveled (km)6,445
Effort hours32
Contr. through
Registered2015-02-25
Updated2015-04-10
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC0 no rights reserved
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