https://doi.org/10.82144/61c01658 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/300 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/06b146c8-d3f9-419c-ba73-97ac70ebda11 https://obis.org/dataset/ab9bfa72-f995-4be7-931d-74ed8812f6f2 Debi Palka NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Primary contact dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Debi Palka NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Primary contact dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: The survey was conducted on the R/V ABEL-J from 28 July to 31 August 1999. It started and returned in Woods Hole, MA. The southern border of the study area was Muscungus Bay, Maine, the northern border was north of Grand Manan Island, Nova Scotia, and the eastern border was Liverpool, Nova Scotia. 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 Vessel Visual Sighting N/A In addition to the sighting data, effort data was recorded every half hour or whenever conditions change. This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data. 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/300 Oceans,North Atlantic Ocean -69.657 -64.95 45.045 42.888 1999-07-29 1999-08-27 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark family Delphinidae Dolphins species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale genus Globicephala Pilot whales species Halichoerus grypus Atlantic gray seal species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Mola mola Ocean sunfish species Orcinus orca Killer whale species Phoca vitulina Harbor seal family Phocidae Earless seals species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise Primary objectives of the survey were: (1) determine the spatial distribution and abundance of harbor porpoises, (2) determine the spatial distribution and abundance of other strategic species, such as white-sided dolphins, minke whales, fin whales, humpback whales and right whales. Secondary objectives were: (1) to investigate if a porpoise acoustic detection system, developed by the International Friends for Animal Welfare (IFAW), can passively detect the location of porpoises, which then can be used to improve the abundance estimate of the harbor porpoises, (2) to compare the distribution and abundance of cetaceans with water depth, temperature, salinity, zooplankton and phytoplankton distribution, (3) obtain biopsy samples of cetaceans. notPlanned Debi Palka NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Primary contact dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu NA NA NA Debi Palka owner NA zd_300 2025-07-31T14:12:50-04:00 dataset Palka, D. 2013. NEFSC 1999 aj9902. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/61c01658. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/300 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/300/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/300/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_300 zd_300