https://doi.org/10.82144/0363396c https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/906 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/0575e1c5-73ad-4aa5-b6f2-b7ec4dca4dba https://obis.org/dataset/6c774cc8-b095-4be7-a254-a4e0fdcfbc17 Zach Swaim Duke University Primary contact Zach.Swaim@duke.edu http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/ OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Zach Swaim Duke University Primary contact Zach.Swaim@duke.edu http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/ owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Duke University Marine Laboratory Dataset credits: Duke University Marine Laboratory Abstract: The United States (US) Navy proposed constructing an Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) along the US Atlantic coast. In 2008, the US Navy chose the area off of Jacksonville, FL (JAX OPAREA) to be the preferred site of the USWTR. The JAX USWTR site and, like that in Onslow Bay, is 25 nm (46 km) long and 20 nm (37 km) wide (approximately 1700 km2). The survey area straddles the continental shelf and Blake Plateau and includes neritic, shelf waters and pelagic, offshore waters. As part of the Navy's Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Monitoring Program, shipboard and aerial line transect surveys were implemented in 2009 to estimate density and document distribution and seasonal residency of marine mammals and sea turtles in the proposed USWTR (see <a href=http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/582>"DUML vessel-based surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2009-2010"</a> dataset). In January 2012, shipboard line-transect survey methods transitioned to biopsy and photo-identification sampling to address questions of residency and population structure in the area. Vessel survey effort was expended along the 200 m depth contour and occasionally around eddies and fronts generated by the Gulf Stream. We are focusing on residency and population structure with our shipboard surveys because we are: (1) obtaining adequate data with which to estimate density from aerial line transect sampling; (2) interested in addressing questions of residency in this area. Sightings within this dataset are from shipboard photo-ID and biopsy surveys conducted from 2012-2015. 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 JAX Vessel Vessels Sightings N/A Additional survey data for the JAX USWTR site are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href=http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/582>"DUML vessel-based surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2009-2010"</a> dataset. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/906 Oceans,North Atlantic,Florida,USA -80.925878 -80.004753 30.62791 29.96272 2012-01-07 2015-12-16 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle family Delphinidae Dolphins species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin order Testudines Turtles species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin The primary objectives of these surveys are to: (1) document species occurrence and examine patterns of residency of marine mammals and turtles in the defined study area (2) determine relatedness among individuals, populations and species within the study area (3) supplement the visual surveys with acoustic monitoring using a High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP). notPlanned Zach Swaim Duke University Primary contact Zach.Swaim@duke.edu http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/read/about/ NA NA NA Zach Swaim owner The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program zd_906 2025-07-31T16:05:15-04:00 dataset Swaim, Z. 2020. DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys for proposed JAX USWTR site 2012-2015. Version 1.7.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/0363396c. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/906 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/906/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/906/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_906 zd_906 Foley, H.J., R.J. McAlarney, Z.T. Swaim, E.W. Cummings, L.W. Hodge, R.C. Holt, P.B. Nilsson, R.E. Hardee, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst and A.J. Read. 2013. Protected Species Monitoring in the Proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) Offshore of Jacksonville, FL. SEAMAMMS. University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL. 22-24 March 2013. Conference Presentation.