AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2016

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

During 27 June–25 August 2016, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted a shipboard abundance survey targeting marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds on the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow. The survey area was between 36 and 42N and 65 and 74W, covering waters offshore of the 100m depth contour. There were 2 independent teams targeting marine mammals and sea turtles using line transect sampling techniques, a team targeting targeting sea birds using strip transect sampling techniques, a team monitoring a towed hydrophone array, and a team collecting physical and biological oceanographic data. Track lines were covered at about 10 knots. In Beaufort sea states of six and less, about 5354 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed. Over 1200 groups (16,000 individuals) of cetaceans, 26 groups (27 individuals) of sea turtles and 1977 groups (4677 individuals) of seabirds were recorded.

Purpose

The main objectives of the survey were: 1) determine the distribution and abundance of cetaceans, sea turtles and sea birds within the study area; 2) collect vocalizations of cetaceans using passive acoustic arrays; 3) determine the distribution and relative abundance of plankton and other trophic levels, 4) collect hydrographic and meteorological data, and 5) when possible, collect biopsy samples and photo-identification pictures of cetaceans.

Supplemental information

[2022-10-14] The species for the record on 2016-06-30 (group size 160) was corrected from unidentified spotted dolphin to the spinner dolphin.

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 B (Shipboard)
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
typevltsAlways "F"
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
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1678
Seabirds0
Marine mammals1,147
Sea turtles25
Rays and sharks51
Other species90
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total1,313
Date, Begin2016-06-28
Date, End2016-08-24
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude36.81 - 42.08
Longitude-74.84 - -64.83
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1679)
Traveled (km)4,361
Effort hours240
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Registered2018-01-12
Updated2022-10-14
StatusPublished
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