https://doi.org/10.82144/b18543a8 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1249 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/0e142fde-ce49-4097-b596-ceb3f4c1df8f https://obis.org/dataset/b22974a9-bc58-40b5-b5e8-0d34678f089e Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) 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. 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 Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Sea turtles Visual Sighting Aircraft N/A Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1249 Oceans -73.8554535 -60.8919601 45.3177071 39.691185 2010-08-17 2010-09-24 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes phylum Chordata chordates family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Halichoerus grypus Atlantic gray seal species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale genus Mesoplodon Beaked whales family Mobulidae Devil rays species Mola mola Ocean sunfish order Perciformes perch-like fishes family Phocidae Earless seals species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Prionace glauca Blue shark species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin 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. notPlanned Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov NA NA NA Beth Josephson owner NA zd_1249 2025-07-31T16:39:42-04:00 dataset Josephson, B. 2015. AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2010. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/b18543a8. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1249 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1249/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1249/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1249 zd_1249 NEFSC. 2010. North Atlantic Shelf Marine Mammal and Turtle Aerial Abundance Survey. cruise report.