10.82144/225f777d 5c17bd55-962e-4f38-8275-04170ce0a993 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/47 04b9b456-af23-43e7-8125-20a13df77c48 zd_47 JanetCaseyJanet CaseyPrimary contact unknown@dummy.com GlennFordGlenn FordPrimary contact eci@teleport.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor JanetCaseyJanet CaseyPrimary contact unknown@dummy.com ownerGlennFordGlenn FordPrimary contact eci@teleport.com owner 2026-04-28 eng Original provider: Minerals Management Service Dataset credits: Minerals Management Service Abstract: This dataset is from the aerial surveys of marine birds and mammals in support of oil spill response and injury assessment studies: OSPR aerial surveys [birds and mammals] study code: OS, Contract number: FG7407-OS with California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR); and 14-35-0001-30758 (Task 13293) with the Coastal Marine Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Principal investigators: Michael L. Bonnell, Ph.D. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz Time period: June 1994 through October 1998 Study area: Coastal and inland marine waters of California. Methodology: Aerial surveys were conducted in a variety of California locales with experienced observers and trainees. The aircraft used was a Partenavia PN68 Observer provided by the Department of Air Services, CDFG, flown at an altitude of 200' (60 m) above ground level and at a typical air speed of 90 kts. Two observers (at least one experienced) occupied middle seats and searched a corridor of 50m on each side of the aircraft. Width was defined by clinometer and simple trigonometric functions. Species, numbers, behavior and other information was described on hand-held tape recorders for later transcription and computer entry. The co-pilot position was occupied by a navigator/computer operator. This individual recorded number of observers on-watch, transect status (i.e., on-effort, off-effort, and commutes), as well as sea state, weather and other observation conditions. Date, time, and position of the aircraft were recorded directly into the data-logging computer with time, latitude and longitude provided by a Global Positioning System (GPS). Databases produced: A single database was produced including date, time, latitude/longitude, behavior, observation conditions, and other information for each sighting of marine birds, mammals, and turtles. As stated above, some surveys were solely for the purpose of drills and training, some for systematic data collection, and others for actual oil spill response. In this study, 74 one-day surveys were flown through 1997. Through the end of 1997, a total of 670 hours were flown and, exclusive of commutes, mapped bird and mammal distribution and abundance along 31,271 km (16,886 nmi) of transects. Data from several surveys from 1998 are yet fully analyzed and therefore not included in this dataset. Credit for this study is shared with OSPR by the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Pacific OCS Region, that provided most observers for surveys flown in Santa Barbara Channel and the Santa Maria Basin; MMS personnel also carried out tape-transcriptions and computer entry for surveys in southern California waters (this portion of the OSPR surveys was conducted under matching-funds between OSPR and the Coastal Marine Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara). OccurrenceGBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xmlObservationGBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine BiologyVisual sightingMarine Animal SurveyMarine mammalsSeabirdsSea turtlesVesselVisual Sighting N/A This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/47 Northeastern Pacific Ocean -124.81862 41.182 41.182 33.78087 1994-06-13 1997-11-22 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesAechmophorus occidentalisWestern grebe familyAlcidaeMurres genusAnasDabbling ducks speciesAnas acutaNorthern pintail speciesAnas americanaAmerican wigeon speciesAnas platyrhynchosMallard familyAnatidaeDucks speciesArdea albaGreat egret speciesArdea herodiasGreat blue heron familyArdeidaeBitterns classAvesBirds genusAythyaDiving ducks speciesAythya americanaRedhead speciesAythya collarisRing-necked duck speciesAythya valisineriaCanvasback speciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataCommon minke whale speciesBalaenoptera musculusBlue whale speciesBerardius bairdiiBaird's beaked whale speciesBrachyramphus marmoratusMarbled murrelet speciesBranta canadensisCanada goose genusBucephalaGoldeneyes speciesBucephala albeolaBufflehead speciesBucephala clangulaCommon goldeneye speciesCalidris albaSanderling suborderCaniformiaPinnipeds speciesCepphus columbaPigeon guillemot speciesCerorhinca monocerataRhinoceros auklet orderCetaceaCetaceans speciesChroicocephalus philadelphiaBonaparte's gull orderCiconiiformesCiconiiformes speciesClangula hyemalisLong-tailed duck speciesColumba liviaCommon pigeon speciesCoryphaena hippurusDolphinfish speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin speciesDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback sea turtle genusDiomedeaAlbatrosses speciesEgretta thulaSnowy egret subclassElasmobranchiiCartilaginous fishes speciesEnhydra lutrisSea otter speciesEumetopias jubatusSteller sea lion speciesFratercula cirrhataTufted puffin speciesFratercula corniculataHorned puffin speciesFulmarus glacialisNorthern fulmar genusGaviaLoons speciesGavia immerCommon loon speciesGavia stellataRed-throated loon speciesGrampus griseusRisso's dolphin speciesHimantopus mexicanusBlack-necked stilt speciesHydroprogne caspiaCaspian tern speciesLagenorhynchus obliquidensPacific white-sided dolphin familyLaridaeGulls genusLarusGulls speciesLarus argentatusHerring gull speciesLarus californicusCalifornia gull speciesLarus canusMew gull speciesLarus delawarensisRing-billed gull speciesLarus glaucescensGlaucous-winged gull speciesLarus heermanniHeermann's gull speciesLarus occidentalisWestern gull speciesLimosa fedoaMarbled godwit speciesLissodelphis borealisNorthern right whale dolphin speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale genusMelanittaScoters speciesMelanitta fuscaVelvet scoter speciesMelanitta perspicillataSurf scoter speciesMergus merganserCommon merganser speciesMergus serratorRed-breasted merganser speciesMirounga angustirostrisNorthern elephant seal speciesMola molaOcean sunfish speciesMyliobatis californicaBat ray speciesNumenius phaeopusWhimbrel speciesOceanodroma furcataFork-tailed storm petrel speciesOceanodroma homochroaAshy storm petrel speciesOceanodroma melaniaBlack storm petrel speciesOxyura jamaicensisRuddy duck speciesPandion haliaetusOsprey speciesPelecanus erythrorhynchosAmerican white pelican speciesPelecanus occidentalisBrown pelican genusPhalacrocoraxCormorants subspeciesPhalacrocorax brasilianus brasilianus speciesPhalacrocorax pelagicusPelagic cormorant speciesPhalacrocorax penicillatusBrandt's cormorant genusPhalaropusPhalaropes speciesPhalaropus fulicariusRed phalarope speciesPhalaropus lobatusRed-necked phalarope speciesPhoca vitulinaHarbor seal familyPhocidaeEarless seals speciesPhocoena phocoenaHarbor porpoise speciesPhocoenoides dalliDall's porpoise speciesPhoebastria nigripesBlack-footed albatross speciesPodiceps auritusHorned grebe speciesPodiceps nigricollisBlack-necked grebe speciesPrionace glaucaBlue shark genusProcellaria familyProcellariidaeFulmars / petrels / shearwaters speciesPtychoramphus aleuticusCassin's auklet speciesPuffinus bulleriBuller's shearwater speciesPuffinus creatopusPink-footed shearwater speciesPuffinus griseusSooty shearwater speciesPuffinus opisthomelasBlack-vented shearwater speciesRecurvirostra americanaAmerican avocet speciesRissa tridactylaBlack-legged kittiwake familyScolopacidaeSandpipers genusStercorariusJaegers speciesStercorarius longicaudusLong-tailed jaeger speciesStercorarius parasiticusParasitic jaeger speciesStercorarius pomarinusPomarine jaeger genusSternaTypical Terns speciesSterna forsteriForster's tern speciesSterna hirundoCommon tern speciesSterna paradisaeaArctic tern speciesThalasseus elegansElegant tern speciesTringa semipalmataWillet subspeciesTursiops truncatus truncatus speciesUria aalgeCommon murre speciesXema sabiniSabine's gull speciesZalophus californianusCalifornia sea lion Develop and maintain a capability to provide aerial surveys of marine bird and mammal distribution and abundance for oil spill response and post-spill injury assessment. notPlanned JanetCaseyJanet CaseyPrimary contact unknown@dummy.com GlennFordGlenn FordPrimary contact eci@teleport.com NA NA NA JanetCaseyownerGlennFordowner NA 2026-04-28T11:28:59-04:00 dataset Ford, G. and J. Casey. 2020. Aerial Oil Spill Response Survey 1994-1997. Version 2.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/225f777d. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/47 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/47/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/47/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_47 zd_47