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NWTRC Aerial Surveys in Puget Sound in 2016
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.
Dataset credit
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Kristen Ampela |
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. |
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| Secondary contact |
Cathy Bacon |
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Ampela, K. and C. Bacon. 2019. NWTRC Aerial Surveys in Puget Sound in 2016. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1966) on yyyy-mm-dd. 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.
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Abstract
Data in this dataset represent animal sightings recorded during line-transect aerial surveys for marine mammal density in Puget Sound, WA. Aerial surveys were conducted from 16-25 January 2016. Due to errors in recording the GPS, 25 sightings have NULL values for LatAnimal and LongAnimal. Approximate latitude and longitude values can be obtained by matching the timestamp in the effort featureclass, and using LatPlatform/LongPlatform. Similarly, due to observer/data recorder error, several sightings appear to be located on shore. Work was performed under HDR task order KB05 (IDIQ contract award N62470-15-D-8006, NAVFAC LANT).
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
N/A
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References
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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 |
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| oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
| objectid | Object ID |
| altitudem | Altitude in meters |
| aspectslope | Aspect slope |
| bearing | Bearing |
| bearingabs | Absolute bearing |
| beaufortscaleavg | Beaufort sea scale (average) |
| beaufortscalebelly | Beaufort sea scale at belly |
| beaufortscaleleft | Beaufort sea scale at left side |
| beaufortscaleright | Beaufort sea scale at right side |
| behavior | Behavior |
| birds | Flag whether birds were observed |
| calvespresent | Flag whether calves were present (blank) |
| countcalves | Number of calves |
| counttotbest | Best estimate of number of animals |
| counttotmax | Maximum estimate of number of animals |
| counttotmin | Minimum estimate of number of animals |
| datetime | Date and time of the sighting at local time zone |
| depth | Depth |
| dispmax | definition not provided |
| dispmin | definition not provided |
| distsight | definition not provided |
| effortstatus | Effort status (ON/OFF) |
| effortsystematic | Flag to indicate if effort is systematic |
| glareleft | Glare at left side |
| glareright | Glare at right side |
| headinganimal | Heading of animals |
| latanimal | Latitude of animals in decimal degrees |
| legnotes | Leg notes (blank) |
| longanimal | Longitude of animals in decimal degrees |
| observer | The observer who first sighted the animal |
| observercenter | The observer center (blank) |
| observerleft | The observer left (blank) |
| observerrearleft | The observer rear left (blank) |
| observerrearright | The observer rear right (blank) |
| observerright | The observer right (blank) |
| percentcloudcover | Cloud cover in percent |
| photoframes | Photo frame ID (blank) |
| photographer | Photographer (blank) |
| photos | Number of photos taken (always 0) |
| platformmodel | Platform model |
| platformtype | Platform type (always Aerial) |
| rangecomplex | Range complex (always NWTRC) |
| reactioninit | Initial reaction |
| reactioninitcount | definition not provided |
| recorder | Recorder (blank) |
| recorderfocal | definition not provided |
| shoredist | Distance to shore |
| sightingnotes | Sighting notes |
| sightingnumber | Sighting Number |
| slope | Slope |
| spcsconfidence | Confidence of species identification |
| spcshauledout | definition not provided |
| spcsnmcom | Common name |
| spcsnmsci | Scientific name |
| sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| surveymode | Survey mode |
| vertangleorreticle | Vertical angle or reticle |
| video | Video |
| videographer | Videographer (blank) |
| visibilityleft | Visibility left |
| visibilityright | Visibility right |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 1966 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 750 |
| Sea turtles | 0 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 25 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 775 |
| Date, Begin | 2016-01-16 |
| Date, End | 2016-01-25 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 47.11 - 48.44 |
| Longitude | -123.15 - -122.23 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Plane |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | YES (ID: 1967) |
| Traveled (km) | 6,607 |
| Effort hours | 220 |
| Contr. through | Navy |
| Registered | 2019-03-07 |
| Updated | 2019-03-19 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY (All) |
| Shared with |
OBIS
GBIF (via DOI) |
| See metadata in static HTML |
| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
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