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		<origin>Kopelman, A. and M. McNamara</origin><pubdate>2025</pubdate><title>CRESLI marine mammal observations from whale watch cruises 2024</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>OBIS-SEAMAP</sername><issue>2302</issue></serinfo><pubinfo><pubplace>https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2302</pubplace><publish>OBIS-SEAMAP</publish></pubinfo><onlink>https://doi.org/10.82144/5856c85e</onlink><edition>Version 1.0.1</edition></citeinfo>
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	<abstract>Cetacean sightings data for the waters off Montauk for July 2024 through mid-&#13;
September 2024</abstract><purpose>The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island is a non-profit &#13;
research and education organization. Our mission is: "To promote and foster &#13;
understanding and stewardship of coastal ecosystems through research and &#13;
education ." Part of our work is to observe, document, and collect pertinent &#13;
data and photographs of  the cetaceans and sea bird populations of NY and &#13;
New England and to take people to see these animals in the wild.&#13;
&#13;
Since 1996 we have been offering incredible and successful single day and &#13;
multi-day offshore pelagic bird and whale observation trips.</purpose></descript><timeperd><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>20240701</begdate><enddate>20240929</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo><current>ground condition</current></timeperd><status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status><spdom><descgeog>Montauk</descgeog><bounding><westbc>-71.972138</westbc><eastbc>-69.849217</eastbc><northbc>41.719732</northbc><southbc>40.768029</southbc></bounding>
	</spdom><keywords><theme><themekt>None</themekt><themekey>Marine Animal Survey</themekey><themekey>Marine Biology</themekey><themekey>Marine mammals</themekey><themekey>Visual Sighting</themekey><themekey>Vessel</themekey><themekey>cetacea</themekey></theme><place><placekt>None</placekt><placekey>Montauk</placekey><placekey>Block Island</placekey><placekey>Eastern NY Bight</placekey></place></keywords><taxonomy><keywtax><taxonkt>Taxon covered</taxonkt><taxonkey>Marine mammals</taxonkey></keywtax><taxonsys><classsys><classcit><citeinfo><origin>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</origin><pubdate>Unknown</pubdate><title>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</title><geoform>Not applicable</geoform><othercit>Downloaded April, 2004</othercit><onlink>http://www.itis.usda.gov/</onlink></citeinfo></classcit></classsys><ider><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntper><cntorg>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</address><city>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</city><state>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</state><postal>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</postal><country>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>Not provided</cntvoice></cntinfo></ider><taxonpro>Identified by observers or researchers conducting the survey</taxonpro></taxonsys><taxoncl><taxonrn>Kingdom</taxonrn><taxonrv>Animalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Phylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Chordata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subphylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Vertebrata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Class</taxonrn><taxonrv>Mammalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Theria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Infraclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Eutheria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Cetacea</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Mysticeti</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenopteridae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera acutorostrata</taxonrv></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera physalus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Megaptera</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Megaptera novaeangliae</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Odontoceti</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Delphinidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Delphinus</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Delphinus delphis</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Tursiops</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Tursiops truncatus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxonomy>
	<accconst>Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.</accconst>
	<useconst>1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data &#13;
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 &#13;
downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.&#13;
&#13;
Suggested citation for this dataset:&#13;
&#13;
Kopelman, A. and M. McNamara. 2025. CRESLI marine mammal observations from whale watch cruises 2024. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. Data accessed on yyyy-mm-dd from https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2302.&#13;
&#13;
Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:&#13;
&#13;
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. &#13;
Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115&#13;
&#13;
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.&#13;
&#13;
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, &#13;
we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. &#13;
&#13;
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 &#13;
not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.&#13;
&#13;
5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses.&#13;
&#13;
6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers &#13;
unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst>
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			<cntperp><cntper>Arthur Kopelman; Marianne McNamara</cntper><cntorg>Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island; Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island</cntorg></cntperp>
			<cntaddr>
				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
			<address>PO Box 54; n/a</address><city>WEST SAYVILLE; n/a</city><state>NY; n/a</state><postal>11796; n/a</postal><country>USA; n/a</country></cntaddr>
		<cntvoice>631-319-6003; n/a</cntvoice><cntemail>president@cresli.org; marianne@cresli.org</cntemail></cntinfo>
	</ptcontac><datacred>Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc.</datacred>
	<native>Relational database</native>
	<crossref><citeinfo><origin>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</origin><pubdate>2009</pubdate><title>OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>Oceanography</sername><issue>22(2):104-115</issue></serinfo><onlink>http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle</onlink></citeinfo></crossref></idinfo>
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		<logic>Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species &#13;
identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System.</logic>
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				<cntorg>Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.</cntorg>
				<cntper>OBIS-SEAMAP</cntper>
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			<cntaddr>
				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
				<address>A328, LSRC</address><city>Durham</city><state>NC</state><postal>27708</postal><country>USA</country>
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			<cntvoice>919-613-8021</cntvoice>
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	</distrib><resdesc>OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 2302</resdesc><distliab>Not 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 &#13;
these datasets.&#13;
Also please refer to Use Constraints.</distliab>
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	<cntper>Ei Fujioka</cntper>
	<cntorg>Nicholas School, Duke University</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>A328, LSRC</address><city>Durham</city><state>NC</state><postal>27708</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr>
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