https://doi.org/10.82144/87d94880 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1007 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/eeb3338c-0343-4763-a641-d45d37cc7909 https://obis.org/dataset/cc8cfc8e-3ce7-4071-a2a4-9c2525d64d1a Andrew DiMatteo US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic Primary contact andrew.dimatteo@navy.mil OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Andrew DiMatteo US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic Primary contact andrew.dimatteo@navy.mil owner 2025-07-31 eng 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. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Vieques Aircraft Sightings N/A One sighting record on land was excluded. <br> 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 <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot">online</a>. (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.) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1007 Oceans,Puerto Rico -65.600822 -65.248184 18.195669 18.074123 2000-02-02 2000-11-13 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle family Delphinidae Dolphins species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill sea turtle species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale genus Pelecanus Pelicans species Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin order Testudines Turtles species Trichechus manatus West indian manatee 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. notPlanned Andrew DiMatteo US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic Primary contact andrew.dimatteo@navy.mil NA NA NA Andrew DiMatteo owner The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program zd_1007 2025-07-31T16:29:30-04:00 dataset DiMatteo, A. 2020. US Navy marine mammal and sea turtle sightings from aerial surveys, Vieques, Puerto Rico 2000. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/87d94880. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1007 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1007/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1007/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1007 zd_1007 U.S. Department of the Navy. 2001. Aerial surveys for marine mammals, sea turtles, or other protected resources at Vieques Island, Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico and offshore areas. Internal Technical Report.