https://doi.org/10.82144/55f0d686 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/283 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/60a5f026-42a9-4534-a6a2-4f47656f643c https://obis.org/dataset/6669ce88-d264-42a5-b34c-bb7f01c3952c Robert Kenney University of Rhode Island Primary contact rkenney@gso.uri.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Robert Kenney University of Rhode Island Primary contact rkenney@gso.uri.edu owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: University of Rhode Island Dataset credits: University of Rhode Island Bureau of Land Management U.S. Dept of the Interior Abstract: The Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) was sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and conducted between October 1978 and January 1982 by the University of Rhode Island in outer continental shelf waters of the northeastern United States from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to the Gulf of Maine and from shore to 9.3 km (5 nautical miles) seaward of the 1829 m (1,000 fathoms) isobath. Population surveys were conducted by CETAP to assess the distribution and abundance of whales, dolphins and sea turtles inhabiting the study area. 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 Aircraft Visual Sighting N/A Metadata are currently being revised. Sighting points that were more than 2 km inland were eliminated. Those from 1 km to 2 km inland can be considered as on-water sightings. Those records have TRUE in the [Excluded] field to indicate that they seem to fall on land but may be correct sightings. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/283 Oceans,North Atlantic Ocean -81.3 -61.483 45.033 28.767 1978-11-14 1982-01-19 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). kingdom Animalia animals genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale species Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes species Delphinapterus leucas Beluga family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale genus Globicephala Pilot whales species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Hyperoodon ampullatus Northern bottlenose whale family Hyperoodontidae Beaked whales family Istiophoridae Billfishes genus Kogia Pygmy sperm whales genus Lagenorhynchus White-beaked dolphins species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Manta birostris Atlantic manta species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale genus Mesoplodon Beaked whales species Mola mola Ocean sunfish species Orcinus orca Killer whale superclass Osteichthyes Bony fishes species Phoca vitulina Harbor seal species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Prionace glauca Blue shark species Rhinoptera bonasus Cownose ray family Scombridae Albacores genus Sphyrna Bonnethead sharks genus Stenella Spinner dolphins species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin order Testudines Turtles species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Xiphias gladius Atlantic swordfish species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale This dataset is a subset of CETAP_AIR extracting animal sighting records with taxonomic information of species sighted added. The full dataset may be available upon request. Please contact the primary contact person for the proper use of the dataset. notPlanned Robert Kenney University of Rhode Island Primary contact rkenney@gso.uri.edu NA NA NA Robert Kenney owner NA zd_283 2025-07-31T14:12:42-04:00 dataset Kenney, R. 2020. BLM CETAP AIR Sightings. Version 1.6.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/55f0d686. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/283 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/283/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/283/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_283 zd_283 Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program, University of Rhode Island. 1981. A characterization of marine mammals and turtles in the mid- and north-Atlantic areas of the U.S. outer continental shelf, Annual Report for 1979. Contract AA551-CT8-48. Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC: NTIS# PB-81-243289.