AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Winter 2017

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credit

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries
Secondary contact Debi Palka NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

During 21 November 2017 – 04 January 2018, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted aerial abundance surveys targeting marine mammals and sea turtles. The southwestern extent was New Jersey and the northeastern extent was off of Nova Scotia, Canada in the Gulf of Maine. This survey covered waters from the coast line to about the 2000 m depth contour with a higher coverage over the New York State Offshore Planning Area. This survey coordinated with the southeast aerial survey that flew south of this study area in US waters. Track lines were flown 183 m (600 ft) above the water surface, at about 200 kph (110 knots). The two-independent team methodology was used to collect data. In Beaufort sea states of six and less, about 7,738 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed, where 93% of this effort was in Beaufort 3 and below.

Purpose

The objectives of this aerial flight was to collect the data needed to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in the study area and to investigate how the animals’ distribution and abundance relate to their ecosystem.

Supplemental information

The survey code is TONE17WIN.

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.

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 A (Airplane)
oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort
speciescodeSpecies code by provider
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 assigned by provider
datasetnameDataset name by provider
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
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1995
Seabirds0
Marine mammals355
Sea turtles9
Rays and sharks1
Other species9
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total374
Date, Begin2017-11-23
Date, End2018-01-03
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude39.34 - 44.96
Longitude-73.71 - -66.18
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1996)
Traveled (km)7,853
Effort hours41
Contr. through
Registered2019-07-25
Updated2020-04-10
StatusPublished
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