Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019

APEM Limited

Dataset credit

APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc.

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Laura Jervis APEM Limited
Primary contact Beth Goddard APEM Limited
Primary contact Michelle Fogarty Equinor
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Jervis, L. and D. Phillips. 2021. Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2159) 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.

Abstract

Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of their lease area located in the New York Bight (OCS-A 0512), now called Empire Wind. To facilitate this, 12 surveys were undertaken between February 2019 and December 2019 by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between November 2017 and October 2018 and can be accessed https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2067.

Purpose

Equinor initiated monthly offshore high resolution aerial surveys of marine mega-fauna in the New York Bight offshore wind lease area plus a 4 km (2.5 mile) buffer. The surveys used APEM Inc.'s ultra-high resolution aerial digital still imagery to characterize birds present in the lease area and gather additional information on other marine fauna. These surveys provided the baseline information on the abundance and distribution of birds and other marine fauna over the course of a year, as required for conducting impact assessments. The
dataset is comprised of observations and survey track line information collected from February 2019 to December 2019 inclusive (12 surveys in total).

Supplemental information

[2022-07-25] There were some inconsistent date/time values. These are fixed.
[2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected.
PASSERINE SPECIES UNID.: Aves => Passeriformes
RAY SPECIES UNID.: Euselachii => Chondrichthyes
SEAL SPECIES UNID.: Otariidae => Caniformia

Each record represents 1 individual (except for Fish Shoals which is one entry per 1 shoal encompassing uncounted number of fish).

Locations of digital snapshots are available as a static point layer.

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)
snaguidSnag ID
filenameFile name
eastingEasting
northingNorthing
imagexpxdefinition not provided
imageypxdefinition not provided
zone_definition not provided
datelocalDate at local time zone in original format
obs_dateSighting date added by OBIS-SEAMAP
timelocalLocal time
imagequalitydefinition not provided
bodylength_cmBody length (cm)
wingspan_cmWing span (cm)
headingHeading
asl_mdefinition not provided
animalgroupdefinition not provided
aviananalystdefinition not provided
commonnameSpecies name recorded
sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_countNumber of animals (always 1) added by OBIS-SEAMAP
ageAge
genderGender
carapace_cmCarapace (cm)
commentsdefinition not provided
behaviourBehavior
a_id_in_house_definition not provided
a_interestdefinition not provided
a_x1definition not provided
a_y1definition not provided
a_x2definition not provided
a_y2definition not provided
a_wingspanx1definition not provided
a_wingspany1definition not provided
a_wingspanx2definition not provided
a_wingspany2definition not provided
a_groupingdefinition not provided
a_animalgroupdefinition not provided
a_btocodedefinition not provided
a_jncccodedefinition not provided
a_scientificnamedefinition not provided
a_legenddefinition not provided
a_sourcedefinition not provided
a_snagpathdefinition not provided
a_snagtimedefinition not provided
a_datedefinition not provided
a_timedefinition not provided
a_minheightdefinition not provided
a_maxheightdefinition not provided
a_suitableflightheightsdefinition not provided
a_idconfidencedefinition not provided
a_cameradefinition not provided
a_lensdefinition not provided
a_extractionanalystdefinition not provided
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID2159
Seabirds2,017
Marine mammals201
Sea turtles68
Rays and sharks829
Other species802
Non spatial0
Non species8
Total3,925
Date, Begin2019-02-02
Date, End2019-12-20
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude40.16 - 40.42
Longitude-73.65 - -73.04
Coord. prec.4 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 2160)
Traveled (km)12,391
Effort hours57
Contr. through
Registered2021-08-24
Updated2022-07-25
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with OBIS
GBIF (via DOI)
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