https://doi.org/10.82144/2d0164e9
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/588
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/fc1d4529-8a53-4ca4-8338-30bc4aa3318e
https://obis.org/dataset/0fd4759b-edc9-4a49-b65a-08b4509c9b90
USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2008-2010
William
McLellan
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Primary contact
mclellanw@uncw.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
NC
27708
US
seamap-contact@duke.edu
https://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
NC
27708
US
seamap-contact@duke.edu
https://seamap.env.duke.edu
distributor
William
McLellan
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Primary contact
mclellanw@uncw.edu
owner
2025-07-31
eng
Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Dataset credits:
William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Abstract:
The protected species monitoring program, initiated in response to Onslow Bay, North Carolina, United States being identified as a potential site for the United States Navy’s Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR), is now into its third year. To estimate marine mammal density, distribution, and seasonality, a multi-platform approach was implemented using traditional visual line transect survey methods from aerial and vessel platforms along with passive acoustic monitoring from vessels and moored instruments. This project represents a long term data set used to assess residency and abundance patterns of this offshore area in the waters off North Carolina.
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
Onslow Aerial
marine mammal and sea turtle aerial abundance surveys
Aircraft
Sightings
N/A
The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left and right observers. This dataset is from the right side sightings data. The left side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href=http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/586>USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2008-2010</a> dataset.
This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Onlsow Aerial surveys.
Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/751" target="_blank">USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2010-2011</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/749" target="_blank">USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2010-2011</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/586" target="_blank">USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2008-2010</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/435" target="_blank">UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Left side -</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/437" target="_blank">UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Right side -</a>
All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY" target="blank">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/588
Oceans,North Atlantic,North Carolina,Onslow Bay,USTWR,NAVY
-77.172689
-76.037992
34.276465
33.358769
2008-02-25
2010-04-12
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
species
Caretta caretta
Loggerhead sea turtle
species
Cetorhinus maximus
Basking shark
family
Cheloniidae
Sea turtles
class
Chondrichthyes
Cartilaginous fishes
family
Delphinidae
Dolphins
species
Delphinus delphis
Short-beaked common dolphin
species
Dermochelys coriacea
Leatherback sea turtle
species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Short-finned pilot whale
species
Grampus griseus
Risso's dolphin
species
Manta birostris
Atlantic manta
species
Mola mola
Ocean sunfish
species
Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin
species
Steno bredanensis
Rough-toothed dolphin
species
Tursiops truncatus
Common bottlenose dolphin
To estimate marine mammal density, distribution, and seasonality, a multi-platform approach was implemented using traditional visual line transect survey methods from aerial and vessel platforms along with passive acoustic monitoring from vessels and moored instruments.
notPlanned
William
McLellan
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Primary contact
mclellanw@uncw.edu
NA
NA
NA
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program
William
McLellan
owner
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program
zd_588
2025-07-31T14:33:17-04:00
dataset
McLellan, W. 2011. USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2008-2010. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/2d0164e9.
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McLellan, W. 2010. UNCW USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2008-2010.