https://doi.org/10.82144/db32685e https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/86 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/6536ef77-75fe-4936-8057-20490a0f5756 https://obis.org/dataset/4511bbb4-1db5-482f-b744-f5b4dded70fa Lance Garrison NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Primary contact lance.garrison@noaa.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Lance Garrison NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Primary contact lance.garrison@noaa.gov owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Abstract: Southeast Cetacean Aerial Survey, SECAS, was conducted in 1995 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) to estimate cetacean abundance. This data set contains sightings of cetaceans and sea turtles as well as other species, including fish and shark, observed during the aerial survey. The full taxonomic information for this dataset can be found in the Species tab. Marine mammals and sea turtles observed were: Cetaceans: - Atlantic spotted dolphin - Cuvier’s beaked whale - Humpback whale - Northern right whale - Pantropical spotted dolphin - Standard Bottlenose dolphin - Striped dolphin Sea Turtles: - Green turtle - Hardshell - Kemp's ridley - Leatherback - Loggerhead This survey's transects are available in the 'SECAS95Efforts' table/shapefile. ESRI coverage and shapefiles are available for this data set. 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 Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Sea turtles Vessel Visual Sighting N/A Records with no common name were observations of pollution (e.g., plastic). Records were assigned a sequential number LineNo. LineNo can be used to match observations with corresponding transects, each of which has BegLineNo and EndLineNo fields. Observation records with their LineNo between BegLineNo and EndLineNo in a transect are related to that transect. A duplicated LineNo indicates more than one species were observed at the same time. Records include 'off-effort' sightings as well. Card F indicates that the observation was recorded while off-effort. When searching for a specific species, note that some records don't identify animals observed at a species level. If this is the case, the common/scientific name may be genus/family or higher (e.g., <i>Balaenoptera</i> sp.). A transect may consist of several segments when the aircraft goes off effort while on the transect. Observations associated with Transect 99 are not a part of the survey in a strict sense. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/86 Oceans,North Atlantic Ocean -81.4303 -75.4775 35.1933 26.2117 1995-01-27 1995-03-06 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle family Cheloniidae Sea turtles species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale family Exocoetidae Flyingfishes species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale family Mobulidae Devil rays species Mola mola Ocean sunfish superclass Osteichthyes Bony fishes species Rachycentron canadum Cobia order Rajiformes Rays family Scombridae Albacores family Sphyrnidae Bonnethead sharks genus Stenella Spinner dolphins species Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Trichechus manatus West indian manatee species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale The purpose of this data set was to collect cetacean distribution data and allow for estimating cetacean abundance in the southeast. These abundance estimates were expected to serve as a basis for estimating Potential Biological Removals (PBR) for the species stocks in the region in support of Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requirements. More specifically, the survey was to obtain an index of abundance for <i>Tursiops truncatus</i> so as to detect population trends by comparison with historical abundance data (SETS). notPlanned Lance Garrison NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Primary contact lance.garrison@noaa.gov NA NA NA Lance Garrison owner NA zd_86 2025-07-31T14:03:51-04:00 dataset Garrison, L. 2013. SEFSC Southeast Cetacean Aerial Survey 1995. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/db32685e. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/86 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/86/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/86/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_86 zd_86