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		<citeinfo><origin>Palka, D</origin><pubdate>2014</pubdate><title>NEFSC Survey 1991</title><onlink>https://doi.org/10.82144/22165dd5</onlink><serinfo><sername>OBIS-SEAMAP</sername><issue>111</issue></serinfo><pubinfo><pubplace>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/111</pubplace><publish>OBIS-SEAMAP</publish></pubinfo><edition>Version 1.8.0</edition></citeinfo>
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	<abstract>The aerial survey period was October 11-24, 1991.  The survey was completed in 14 days with 8 flight days.  The survey was based out of Bangor International Airport in Maine, and covered the Gulf of Maine and Massachusetts Bay area.  A total of 42.2 hr were flown, covering over 4,600 mi of trackline.&#13;
&#13;
The survey covered the area of the 1991 harbor porpoise shipboard survey in order to get an indication of the fall distribution of harbor porpoise, and surveyed Massachusetts Bay primarily to determine distribution and density of pilot whales during the time of mass strandings on Cape Cod.</abstract><purpose>Please contact data provider</purpose><supplinf>[2014-03-13] The platform of this dataset was incorrect. It was classified as a boat survey but it is an aerial survey.&#13;
The metadata also described a wrong survey. These issues are fixed now. The updated abstract was copied from Item 15 in the following URL upon provider's permission:&#13;
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm120/appendices/tm120d.html&#13;
&#13;
In addition to the sightings data, effort data were recorded every half hour or whenever conditions changed. This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data.</supplinf></descript><timeperd><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>19911013</begdate><enddate>19911024</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo><current>ground condition</current></timeperd><status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status><spdom><descgeog>North Atlantic Ocean</descgeog><bounding><westbc>-70.58</westbc><eastbc>-65.36</eastbc><northbc>44.602</northbc><southbc>41.756</southbc></bounding>
	</spdom><keywords><theme><themekt>None</themekt><themekey>Marine Animal Survey</themekey><themekey>Marine Biology</themekey><themekey>Marine mammals</themekey><themekey>Sea turtles</themekey><themekey>Aircraft</themekey><themekey>Visual Sighting</themekey></theme><place><placekt>None</placekt><placekey>North Atlantic Ocean</placekey></place></keywords><taxonomy><keywtax><taxonkt>Taxon covered</taxonkt><taxonkey>Marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles</taxonkey></keywtax><taxonsys><classsys><classcit><citeinfo><origin>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</origin><pubdate>Unknown</pubdate><title>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</title><geoform>Not applicable</geoform><othercit>Downloaded April, 2004</othercit><onlink>http://www.itis.usda.gov/</onlink></citeinfo></classcit></classsys><ider><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntper><cntorg>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</address><city>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</city><state>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</state><postal>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</postal><country>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>Not provided</cntvoice></cntinfo></ider><taxonpro>Identified by observers or researchers conducting the survey</taxonpro></taxonsys><taxoncl><taxonrn>Kingdom</taxonrn><taxonrv>Animalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Phylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Chordata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subphylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Vertebrata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Class</taxonrn><taxonrv>Mammalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Theria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Infraclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Eutheria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Cetacea</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Mysticeti</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenopteridae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera acutorostrata</taxonrv></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera physalus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Megaptera</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Megaptera novaeangliae</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Odontoceti</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Delphinidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Lagenorhynchus</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Lagenorhynchus acutus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phocoenidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phocoena</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phocoena phocoena</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Carnivora</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Caniformia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phocidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phoca</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phoca vitulina</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxonomy>
	<accconst>Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.</accconst><useconst>1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.

Suggested citation for this dataset:

Palka, D. 2014. NEFSC Survey 1991. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/111) on yyyy-mm-dd.

Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:

Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115

2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references.

3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. 

4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.

5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses.

6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst><ptcontac>
		<cntinfo>
			<cntperp><cntper>Debi Palka</cntper><cntorg>NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center</cntorg></cntperp>
			<cntaddr>
				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
			<address>166 Water St.</address><city>Woods Hole</city><state>MA</state><postal>02543</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr>
		<cntvoice>508-495-2000</cntvoice><cntemail>dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu</cntemail><cntfax>508-495-2258</cntfax></cntinfo>
	</ptcontac><datacred>NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)</datacred>
	<native>Relational database</native>
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	<crossref><citeinfo><origin>Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach</origin><pubdate>2009</pubdate><title>OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>Oceanography</sername><issue>22(2):104-115</issue></serinfo><onlink>http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle</onlink></citeinfo></crossref></idinfo>
	<dataqual><logic>Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System.</logic><complete>All observation records are included.</complete><lineage><procstep><procdesc>Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.</procdesc><procdate>20140313</procdate></procstep></lineage><attracc><attraccr>All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider.</attraccr></attracc></dataqual><spdoinfo><direct>Point</direct></spdoinfo><spref><horizsys><geograph>
				<latres>0.001</latres><longres>0.001</longres><geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit></geograph>
			<geodetic><horizdn>D_WGS_1984</horizdn><ellips>WGS_1984</ellips>
				<semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis><denflat>298.257224</denflat></geodetic></horizsys></spref>

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OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only.&#13;
Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.</eaover><eadetcit>NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)</eadetcit></overview>
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		<cntinfo>
			<cntorgp>
				<cntorg>Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.</cntorg>
				<cntper>OBIS-SEAMAP</cntper>
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			<cntaddr>
				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
				<address>A328 LSRC</address><city>Durham</city><state>NC</state><postal>27708</postal><country>USA</country>
			</cntaddr>
			<cntvoice>919-613-8021</cntvoice>
			<cntemail>seamap-contact@duke.edu</cntemail>
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	</distrib><resdesc>OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 111</resdesc><distliab>Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.&#13;
Also please refer to Use Constraints.</distliab>
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		<fees>Free</fees>
		<ordering>Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site.</ordering>
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		<cntinfo><cntperp>
	<cntper>Ei Fujioka</cntper>
	<cntorg>Duke University</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>A328 LSRC</address><city>Durham</city><state>NC</state><postal>27708</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr>
			<cntvoice>919-613-8021</cntvoice>
			<cntemail>seamap-contact@duke.edu</cntemail>
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	<metextns><onlink>http://www.nbii.gov/</onlink><metprof>Biological Data Profile</metprof></metextns>
	
	<metrd>20140317</metrd></metainfo>
	
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