USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2010-2011

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credit

William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

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Supplemental information

The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the right side sightings data. The left side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2010-2011 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:
USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2010-2011
USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Left side- 2008-2010
USWTR Onslow Bay Aerial Survey -Right side- 2008-2010
UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Left side -
UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Right side -

All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.

References

Attributes

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidUnique record ID for internal use
idRow ID assigned by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_datedate of observation
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
obs_timetime of observation
waypointWaypoint
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
eventEvent. 1.1 = On effort/on track; 1.2 = Off effort. Full codes are available upon request.
headingHeading
track_numTrack number
observerObserver Number
visibilityVisibility
bssBSS
cloudCloud cover code. Code descriptions available upon request.
glare_lGlare Left
glare_rGlare Right
vert_angleVertical angle
horiz_angleHorizontal angle
reliabilityReliability
sight_cueSighting cue
sp_obsSpecies name recorded
min_numMinimum number of animals
max_numMaximum number of animals
obs_countbest estimate of number of animals
commentsComments
tsnITIS taxonomic serial number.
scientificScientific name
OBIS-SEAMAP ID751
Seabirds0
Marine mammals23
Sea turtles74
Rays and sharks14
Other species4
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total115
Date, Begin2010-06-16
Date, End2011-04-20
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude33.39 - 34.23
Longitude-77.16 - -76.14
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 752)
Traveled (km)9,853
Effort hours70
Contr. throughNavy
Registered2011-07-19
Updated2011-07-19
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Shared with OBIS
GBIF (via DOI)
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