https://doi.org/10.82144/7f1baaec https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/272 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b28ab171-d7bd-4778-a3ba-ba2561599616 https://obis.org/dataset/c0f04afe-e21b-4e1f-8237-fe566ad4b17c William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington Primary contact mclellanw@uncw.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington Primary contact mclellanw@uncw.edu owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington 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 Stranding Catch Vessel N/A Metadata in preparation, though fields description and taxonomic information of the species sighted are found in the metadata. Please contact University of North Carolina at Wilmington for questions regarding the dataset. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/272 Oceans -77.79705 -73.9804103 38.2868654 33.4092737 1998-09-14 1999-10-30 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle genus Globicephala Pilot whales species Globicephala melas Long-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin family Hyperoodontidae Beaked whales species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale family Mobulidae Devil rays species Mola mola Ocean sunfish species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale family Rhinopteridae Cow-nose rays family Sphyrnidae Bonnethead sharks genus Stenella Spinner dolphins species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale notPlanned William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington Primary contact mclellanw@uncw.edu NA NA NA William McLellan owner NA zd_272 2025-07-31T14:12:39-04:00 dataset McLellan, W. 2018. UNCW Aerial Survey 1998-1999. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/7f1baaec. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/272 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/272/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/272/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_272 zd_272