https://doi.org/10.82144/b3188748 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/89 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/59cc6219-c920-47ce-babc-581679f8e074 https://obis.org/dataset/6e4758cf-07b4-4fbf-bd04-91cdf1c8a1ec 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: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Abstract: Mid Atlantic Tursiops Surveys (MATS) were conducted in 1995 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate an index of relative abundance for Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the nearshore coastal waters in mid-and southern Atlantic bight. This data set contains sightings of not only the target dolphins but also other species including cetaceans, sea turtles, fish and shark observed during the aerial surveys. The same transects were traced three times on different dates during the survey period. This data set is the second one. The other two are provided, too, with the number following MATS95s indicating the first, second and last. Cetacean and sea turtles observed include as follows. << Cetacean >> Atlantic spotted dolphin Standard Bottlenose dolphin << Sea Turtle >> Hardshell Kemp's ridley Leatherback Loggerhead Survey's transects information is available in MATS95s2Efforts. 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 are some pollution observed (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 done while off-effort. Card D is used for observation while on 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. Balaenoptera sp.). 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/89 Oceans,North Atlantic Ocean -75.9648 -73.3003 40.503 35.2473 1995-07-24 1995-07-31 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Brevoortia Menhadens species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans family Cheloniidae Sea turtles species Coryphaena hippurus Dolphinfish species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes family Exocoetidae Flyingfishes species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley family Mobulidae Devil rays species Mola mola Ocean sunfish superclass Osteichthyes Bony fishes order Rajiformes Rays species Rhinoptera bonasus Cownose ray species Sciaenops ocellatus Red drum family Sphyrnidae Bonnethead sharks species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin The purpose of this survey was to examine the distribution and estimate an index of relative abundance for Atlantic bottlenose dolphins inhabiting the nearshore coastal waters of the U.S. mid- and southern Atlantic bight. notPlanned Lance Garrison NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Primary contact lance.garrison@noaa.gov NA NA NA Lance Garrison owner NA zd_89 2025-07-31T14:03:54-04:00 dataset Garrison, L. 2013. SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Tursiops Survey, 1995 2. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/b3188748. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/89 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/89/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/89/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_89 zd_89 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Unknown. Mid Atlantic Tursiops Surveys 1995 (3); Sightings. OBIS-SEAMAP: Unkown.