The 1996 Oregon, California and Washington Line-Transect Experiment (ORCAWALE) was designed to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA Ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i> and <i>McArthur</i> for a combined total of approximately 15,000 kilometers surveyed from mid July to early November 1996. This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey by the NOAA Ship <i>McArthur</i>. The primary purpose of this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles. [2021-04-12] Updated with additional attributes. SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1604 Perpendicular distance will be released upon permission by the contributor. Please contact the contributor if needed. Attribute descriptions for effort data: dist: Length of the segment (km) Mode: Effort mode type (C = closing mode; P = passing mode) Barlow, J2004https://doi.org/10.82144/42aa335fOBIS-SEAMAP219http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/219OBIS-SEAMAPvector digital dataVersion 2.3.0 ground condition 19960718 19961014 Complete None planned -130.911167-117.29716747.99631.8045-130.91-117.34831.8Pacific NoneVesselsSightingsCetaceansWhalesDolphinsPopulationAbundanceSurveyCensusCSCAPEORCAWALENonePacificU.S. West CoastCaliforniaOregonWashingtonCalifornia Current Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details. 1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Suggested citation for this dataset: Barlow, J. 2004. SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, ORCAWALE 1996, Cruise 1604. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/219) on yyyy-mm-dd. Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: 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 2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references. 3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. 4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP. 5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses. 6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Shapefile Jay Barlow; Jeffrey Moore NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center; Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA mailing and physical address

n/a; 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr.

n/a; La Jolla n/a; CA n/a; 92037 n/a; USA n/a; n/a Jay.Barlow@noaa.gov; jeff.e.moore@noaa.gov NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Taxon coveredMarine mammalsSea turtlesIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical address

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Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderMysticetiFamilyBalaenopteridaeGenusBalaenopteraSpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataSpeciesBalaenoptera musculusSpeciesBalaenoptera physalusGenusMegapteraSpeciesMegaptera novaeangliaeSuborderOdontocetiFamilyHyperoodontidaeGenusBerardiusSpeciesBerardius bairdiiGenusMesoplodonGenusZiphiusSpeciesZiphius cavirostrisFamilyDelphinidaeGenusDelphinusSpeciesDelphinus capensisSpeciesDelphinus delphisGenusGlobicephalaSpeciesGlobicephala macrorhynchusGenusGrampusSpeciesGrampus griseusGenusLagenorhynchusSpeciesLagenorhynchus obliquidensGenusLissodelphisSpeciesLissodelphis borealisGenusOrcinusSpeciesOrcinus orcaGenusStenellaSpeciesStenella coeruleoalbaGenusTursiopsSpeciesTursiops truncatusFamilyKogiidaeGenusKogiaFamilyPhocoenidaeGenusPhocoenaSpeciesPhocoena phocoenaGenusPhocoenoidesSpeciesPhocoenoides dalliFamilyPhyseteridaeGenusPhyseterSpeciesPhyseter macrocephalusOrderCarnivoraSuborderCaniformiaFamilyOtariidaeGenusCallorhinusSpeciesCallorhinus ursinusGenusEumetopiasSpeciesEumetopias jubatusGenusZalophusSpeciesZalophus californianusFamilyPhocidaeGenusMiroungaSpeciesMirounga angustirostrisClassReptiliaOrderTestudinesSuborderCryptodiraSuperfamilyChelonioideaFamilyCheloniidae Relational databaseVon Saunder, Alexandra, and Jay Barlow1999vector digital dataNOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-264https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/3703/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. Hyrenbach2009vector digital dataOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle Ei FujiokaDuke Universitymailing and physical address

A321 LSRC, Box 90328

DurhamNC27708USA919-613-8021bbest@duke.edu http://www.nbii.gov/ Biological Data Profile 2022030320220303 All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider.All observation records are included.Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20210429 OBIS-SEAMAPNicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.mailing and physical address

A328, LSRC

DurhamNC27708USA919-613-8021seamap-contact@duke.eduNot to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. Also please refer to Use Constraints.FreeGo to the OBIS-SEAMAP web sitezipzipped shapefilehttp://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/219OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 219GCS_WGS_1984Decimal degrees1e-061e-06D_WGS_1984WGS_19846378137.000000298.257224NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)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.Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data provider1988eventEvent code. S = cetacean sighting, t = sea turtle sighting, p = pinniped sightingData providerSEvent code. S = cetacean sighting, t = sea turtle sighting, p = pinniped sighting SData providertEvent code. S = cetacean sighting, t = sea turtle sighting, p = pinniped sighting tData providerdatetimeDate and time of sighting (local time)Data provider1996-07-18 09:06:281996-10-14 16:05:00latLatitude (decimal degrees) of vessel when sighting was madeData provider31.804500047.9960000lonLongitude (decimal degrees) of vessel when sighting was madeData provider-130.9111670-117.2971670cruiseSWFSC Marine Mammal and Turtle Divison Cruise numberData provider16041604sightnoSighting number (within Cruise)Data provider199nspNumber of species observed in the sightingData provider14mixedTRUE for a multi-species sighting (nSp >= 2); FALSE otherwise (nSp = 1)Data providerTRUE for a multi-species sighting (nSp >= 2); FALSE otherwise (nSp = 1)spcodeSpecies codeData provider13ZCsp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider0770799gsspbestThe mean of all observersData provider11870gssphighThe mean of all observersData provider12550gssplowThe mean of all observersData provider01275perpdistkmPerpendicular distance (km) to sighting from trackline; Available upon permission.Data provider0.000000000010.3712000000bftBeaufort sea state, as assessed by looking upswell with the naked eyeData provider07swellhghtAverage swell height from trough to crest of typical swells (estimated in feet, by eye)Data provider1.009.00visA measure of air/atmospheric clarity only, as affected by observational conditions such as fog, rain, etc.Data provider1.008.00groupsize_sightnoRunning count ID of all cetacean groups recordedData provider1961groupsize_countNumber of observers that provided a group size estimateData provider17groupsize_count_obsNumber of unique observer codes per sighting for S eventsData provider17geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider0101000020E61000000000000000145FC091ED7C3F35FE42400101000020E6100000FFB0A54753FE5EC0855E7F129F494340