https://doi.org/10.82144/e1073237 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/582 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b4ab67b0-eca5-49a4-9f66-c5deaeee1b07 https://obis.org/dataset/c635b4dc-5d0f-4414-80ad-fe6522ad7677 Dave Johnston Duke University Primary contact david.johnston@duke.edu Zach Swaim Duke University Secondary contact Zach.Swaim@duke.edu http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/ OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Dave Johnston Duke University Primary contact david.johnston@duke.edu owner Zach Swaim Duke University Secondary contact Zach.Swaim@duke.edu http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/ originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Duke University Marine Laboratory Dataset credits: Duke University Marine Laboratory Abstract: A multi-institutional, marine protected species monitoring program, involving aerial, vessel and acoustic surveillance techniques, has been implemented at the proposed Under Sea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) offshore of Jacksonville, Florida, United States to investigate cetacean and sea turtle species occurrence, distribution. Ten 87 km track-lines spaced 6.5 km apart transect the 1,295 km2 USWTR box, which is located between 60 and 150 km offshore. 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 JAX Vessel Vessels Sightings USWTR vessel protected species line transect N/A Additional survey data for the JAX USWTR site (conducted with different survey methods from this dataset) are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/906">DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2012-2013</a>. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/582 Oceans,North Atlantic,Florida,USA -80.705815 -79.858819 30.587273 29.959904 2009-07-19 2011-03-19 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle family Delphinidae Dolphins species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin order Testudines Turtles species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin Conduct surveys and passive acoustic deployments in two proposed USWTRs on the east coast of the United States with the aim to document patterns of distribution and seasonal residency of protected species. irregular Dave Johnston Duke University Primary contact david.johnston@duke.edu NA NA NA Dave Johnston owner Zach Swaim originator The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program zd_582 2025-07-31T14:33:15-04:00 dataset Johnston, D. and Z. Swaim. 2020. DUML vessel-based surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2009-2011. Version 1.6.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e1073237. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/582 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/582/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/582/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_582 zd_582 Nilsson, P.B., H.J. Foley, R.E. Hardee, R.C. Holt, R.J. McAlarney, E.W. Cummings, D.W. Johnston, W.A. McLellan, D.A., Pabst and A.J. Read. 2010. Protected species monitoring in the proposed Under Sea Warfare Training Range Off-Shore of Jacksonville, FL: Jan – Dec 2009. SEAMAMMS 2010 Conference Abstract, Poster Presentation.