https://doi.org/10.82144/e7ae4779 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/810 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/f353d213-008e-4ee1-835b-f30c17e261d6 https://obis.org/dataset/69e2252e-a3a6-4518-90a8-dfd53e462adf Deborah Epperson Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Primary contact Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Deborah Epperson Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Primary contact Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Dataset credits: Texas A&M University Oregon State University Scripps Institution of Oceanography Texas A&M University-Galveston University of Colorado University of Durham University of Saint Andrews University of South Florida Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Abstract: Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) was a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research project supported by the then Minerals Management Service (MMS; now Bureau of Ocean Energy Management - BOEM) under Cooperative Agreement 1435-01-02-CA-85186 for Cooperative Research on Sperm Whales and their Response to Seismic Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico through the Texas A&M Research Foundation. The objectives of SWSS were to (1) establish baseline information on the biology and behavior of sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico, (2) characterize sperm whale habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and (3) determine possible changes in behavior of sperm whales when subjected to manmade noise, particularly from seismic airgun arrays used for offshore oil and gas exploration and geological monitoring. Marine Biology Telemetry Tagged animal Radio transmitters Animal movements sperm whale N/A The base of this dataset is ARGOS telemetry location data that were deployed in S-Tag cruises in 2002-2005. The TagID (PTT#) and PhotoID, if available, were used to associate additional attributes such as biopsy and fin images with individual animals. These attributes will be released upon data provider's permission. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/810 Oceans,Gulf of Mexico -96.949 -75.137 33.668 19.224 2002-06-24 2006-10-06 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale not provided notPlanned Deborah Epperson Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Primary contact Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov NA NA NA Deborah Epperson owner NA zd_810 2025-07-31T15:49:35-04:00 dataset Epperson, D. 2012. BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag Argos Telemetry. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e7ae4779. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/810 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/810/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/810/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_810 zd_810 Jochens, A., D. Biggs, K. Benoit-Bird, D. Engelhaupt, J. Gordon, C. Hu, N. Jaquet, M. Johnson, R. Leben, B. Mate, P. Miller, J. Ortega-Ortiz, A. Thode, P. Tyack, and B. Würsig. 2008. Sperm whale seismic study in the Gulf of Mexico: Synthesis report. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA: OCS Study MMS 2008-006. 341 pp.