10.82144/2bac19b0 1cf0a375-a653-4e90-a672-3d29e3d52c52 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2216 56b7611b-42c2-43d2-b0ed-8cc7c5c5db37 zd_2216 BrendaRoneMarine Ecology and Telemetry ResearchPrimary contact brenda.rone@marecotel.org http://www.marecotel.org/staff.html OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor BrendaRoneMarine Ecology and Telemetry ResearchPrimary contact brenda.rone@marecotel.org http://www.marecotel.org/staff.htmlowner 2026-02-11 eng Original provider: Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research Dataset credits: Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research Abstract: The United States (US) Navy uses the Southern California (SOCAL) portion of the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing area, a collection of nearshore and offshore training areas that include much of the navigable water from Santa Barbara Island, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico, and extending several hundred miles to the west. It is among one of the most heavily used tactical training areas in the world, and is used for a variety of aerial, surface, and subsurface exercises. The Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE) is a subset of complexes within SOCAL centered on San Clemente Island and managed via the Range Operation Center (ROC) on North Island, Coronado. It includes the Southern California Anti-submarine Warfare Range (SOAR), a focal area for exercises involving mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS) systems within the San Nicolas Basin. Through its N45 Living Marine Resources (LMR) research programs, and more recently in support of Pacific Fleet Monitoring efforts, the US Navy has funded directed studies on cetacean occurrence on SOAR since 2006. The primary focus of these studies is to support long-term surveys of Cuvier’s beaked whales and fin whales using photo-identification (photo-ID) and genetics to elucidate population size, structure, and trends, which can in turn provide a particularly robust basis for assessing population-level impacts of Navy training. Data is collected on all species encountered in this region as part of the monitoring program. OccurrenceGBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xmlObservationGBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine BiologyVisual sightingMarine Animal SurveyMarine mammalsSea turtlesVisual SightingVessel N/A [2026-02-11] Sightings in 2023-2025 were appended. Sightings off the Washington State coasts were not included in this dataset as they were not a part of this project (2 in 2025, 34 in 2023). These surveys were funded by Fleet, Living Marine Resources, and Office of Naval Research for Southern California This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2216 Southern California,Pacific -124.5779 47.9217 47.9217 32.5565 2019-10-05 2025-11-30 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genusBalaenopteraBaleen whales speciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataCommon minke whale speciesBalaenoptera edeniEden's whale speciesBalaenoptera musculusBlue whale speciesBalaenoptera physalusFin whale speciesBerardius bairdiiBaird's beaked whale orderCetaceaCetaceans genusDelphinusCommon dolphins speciesDelphinus capensisLong-beaked common dolphin speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin speciesDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback sea turtle speciesEschrichtius robustusGray whale speciesGlobicephala macrorhynchusShort-finned pilot whale speciesGrampus griseusRisso's dolphin speciesLagenorhynchus obliquidensPacific white-sided dolphin speciesLissodelphis borealisNorthern right whale dolphin speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale speciesMirounga angustirostrisNorthern elephant seal speciesOrcinus orcaKiller whale speciesPhoca vitulinaHarbor seal speciesPhocoena phocoenaHarbor porpoise speciesPhocoenoides dalliDall's porpoise speciesPhyseter macrocephalusSperm whale speciesTursiops truncatusCommon bottlenose dolphin speciesZalophus californianusCalifornia sea lion speciesZiphius cavirostrisCuvier's beaked whale Data from this project is collected to better understand the movement and habitat use of cetaceans within and around the Southern California Bight (SCB). The SCB is home to a diverse group of cetacean species, and is an area of significant human impacts, including commercial shipping, Navy training, and recreational boating. notPlanned BrendaRoneMarine Ecology and Telemetry ResearchPrimary contact brenda.rone@marecotel.org http://www.marecotel.org/staff.html NA NA NA BrendaRoneowner NA 2026-02-11T11:48:36-05:00 dataset Rone, B. 2022. Cuvier's Beaked Whale and Fin Whale Surveys at the Southern California Offshore Anti-submarine Warfare Range (SOAR). Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/2bac19b0. Schorr GS, Rone BK, Falcone EA, Keene EL, Sweeney, DA. 2019. Cuvier's beaked whale and fin whale surveys at the Southern California Offshore Anti-Submarine Warfare Ranges (SOAR). Final Report to the US Navy Pacific Fleet Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program, Award No. N66604-18-P-2187 and Interim Report to the Cooperative Agreement Studies Unit, Award No. N62473-19-2-002554 pg. 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