https://doi.org/10.82144/9b5b87de https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8e72dea0-9356-4915-af4b-c9241d829615 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2060 https://obis.org/dataset/e947aedd-4eff-4469-bd9c-08b317eba57c 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 2025-09-11 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: During spring (3 April – 15 May 2019) the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted aerial abundance surveys targeting marine mammals and sea turtles. The southwestern extent was New Jersey and the northeastern extent was off of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on the Scotia Shelf. The surveys covered waters from the coastline to about the 2000-m depth contour. Track lines were flown 183 m (600 ft) above the water surface, at about 200 kph (110 knots). The two-independent team methodology was used to collect data. Approximately 10,392 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed, where 89% of this effort was in Beaufort 3 and below. 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 The survey code is TONE19SPR. Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute. 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/2060 Oceans,North Atlantic -73.203278 -63.90984 44.94899 39.399536 2019-04-05 2019-05-12 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale genus Globicephala Pilot whales 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 Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Mola mola Ocean sunfish species Orcinus orca Killer whale family Otariidae Eared seals species Phoca vitulina Harbor seal species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Prionace glauca Blue shark species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale The objectives of this aerial flight was to collect the data needed to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in the study area and to investigate how the animals’ distribution and abundance relate to their ecosystem. notPlanned Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov NA NA NA Beth Josephson owner NA zd_2060 2025-09-11T15:46:19-04:00 dataset Josephson, B. 2020. AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2019. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/9b5b87de. NEFSC. 2020. 2019 Annual Report of a Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Mammal, Marine Turtle, and Seabird Abundance and Spatial Distribution in US waters of the Western North Atlantic Ocean – AMAPPS II. Annual ReportTO BE PUBLISHED. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2060 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2060/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2060/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2060 zd_2060