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	<abstract>Marine geophysical seismic research funded by the NSF includes a marine mammal and sea turtle monitoring and mitigation program. Protected Species Observers record all instances of marine mammals and turtles observed during surveys and while in transit to the survey site. The sightings data are also provided in 90 day reports available online &lt;a href="http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/index.jsp"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.</abstract><purpose>Sightings data are collected as part of a marine mammal and sea turtle monitoring program during academic seismic surveys.</purpose><supplinf>When the number of animals sighted was not available, it was filled with '1' to be conservative and noted in the Notes field. When the number of animals sighted was a range, the lower estimate was used to be conservative and noted in the Notes field. When the time was not available, it was filled with '00:00:00' and noted in the Notes field.&lt;br&gt;&#13;
7/27/2011: This dataset was updated to include additional sightings and effort.&lt;br&gt;&#13;
8/3/2011: Effort data were updated to fix transects crossing 180/-180 degrees longitude.&lt;br&gt;&#13;
3/7/2012: Sightings were corrected and updated.</supplinf></descript>
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		<citeinfo><origin>Holst, M., O. Lee and H. Smith</origin><pubdate>2014</pubdate><title>Lamont-Doherty/LGL/NSF cruises</title><onlink>https://doi.org/10.82144/1720aa89</onlink><serinfo><sername>OBIS-SEAMAP</sername><issue>511</issue></serinfo><pubinfo><pubplace>https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/511</pubplace><publish>OBIS-SEAMAP</publish></pubinfo><edition>Version 1.6.1</edition><geoform>vector digital data</geoform></citeinfo>
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	<timeperd><current>ground condition</current><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>20030528</begdate><enddate>20090307</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo></timeperd>
	<status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status>
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	<accconst>Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.</accconst>
	<useconst>1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.&#13;
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Suggested citation for this dataset:&#13;
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Holst, M., O. Lee and H. Smith. 2014. Lamont-Doherty/LGL/NSF cruises. Version 1.6.1. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/1720aa89.&#13;
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Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:&#13;
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Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115&#13;
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2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references.&#13;
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3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. &#13;
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4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.&#13;
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5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses.&#13;
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6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst>
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			<cntperp><cntper>Meike Holst; Olivia Lee; Holly Smith</cntper><cntorg>LGL Limited - Environmental Research Associates; University of Colorado Museum of Natural History; National Science Foundation</cntorg></cntperp>
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				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
			<address>P.O. Box 280; 1030 Broadway St; n/a</address><city>King City; Boulder; n/a</city><state>Ontario; CO; n/a</state><postal>L7B 1A6; 80309; n/a</postal><country>Canada; USA; n/a</country></cntaddr>
		<cntpos/><cntvoice>n/a; (936) 333 7239; (703) 292-7713</cntvoice><cntemail>mholst@lgl.com; olivia.lee@colorado.edu; hesmith@nsf.gov</cntemail><cntfax/></cntinfo>
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<datacred>Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory&lt;br&gt;&#13;
LGL Limited - Environmental Research Associates&lt;br&gt;&#13;
National Science Foundation</datacred><crossref><citeinfo><origin>L-DEO, LGL and NSF</origin><pubdate>2003-2008</pubdate><title>Marine mammal and sea turtle monitoring during Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and NSF marine seismic surveys</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo/></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>Holst, M. and M.A. Smultea</origin><pubdate>2008</pubdate><title>Marine mammal and sea turtle monitoring during Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's marine seismic program off Central America, February – April 2008</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>LGL Rep. TA4342-3. Report from LGL Ltd., King City, Ont., for Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, and National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland</sername></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach</origin><pubdate>2009</pubdate><title>OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions</title><serinfo><sername>Oceanography</sername><issue>22(2):104-115</issue></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref></idinfo>

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	<distliab>Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.&#13;
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	</spatRepInfo><eainfo><overview><eaover>This section explains attributes included in the original dataset.&#13;
OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only.&#13;
Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.</eaover><eadetcit>Lamont-Doherty / LGL</eadetcit></overview><detailed><enttyp><enttypl>Biogeographic data</enttypl><enttypd>Biogeographic data</enttypd><enttypds>Not applicable</enttypds></enttyp><attr><attrlabl>oid</attrlabl><attrdef>Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>recid</attrlabl><attrdef>Record ID unique per survey</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Record ID unique per survey</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>surveyid</attrlabl><attrdef>Survey name</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Survey name</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>vessel</attrlabl><attrdef>Vessel name</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Vessel 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