https://doi.org/10.82144/d1f47150 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/38ae6f84-4b5b-40bb-bf0d-56bf6ef74a52 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2310 https://obis.org/dataset/c0136793-2359-4981-a0aa-f773cab3372c 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) Purpose: 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. 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 TONE23SPR. 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/2310 Oceans,North Atlantic Ocean -73.2567825 -65.8648148 44.8982925 39.6676712 2023-04-20 2023-05-27 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes phylum Chordata chordates family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Halichoerus grypus Atlantic gray seal species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin class Mammalia Mammals species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Mola mola Ocean sunfish order Perciformes perch-like fishes species Phoca vitulina Harbor seal family Phocidae Earless seals species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Prionace glauca Blue shark species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin 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_2310 2025-09-11T16:02:33-04:00 dataset Josephson, B. 2025. AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2023. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/d1f47150. Palka, D. 2025. 2023 Annual Report of a Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Mammal, Marine Turtle, and Seabird Abundance and Spatial Distribution in U.S. waters of the Western North Atlantic Ocean : AMAPPS III. Report to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management110 pp. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2310 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2310/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2310/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2310 zd_2310