UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credit

William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Contacts

Role	Name	Organization
Primary contact	William McLellan	University of North Carolina Wilmington
Data entry	Ei Fujioka	Duke University

Citation

McLellan, W. 2016. UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1364) on yyyy-mm-dd.

Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.

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Attributes

Overview

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

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 in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
row_id	Sequential number added to the original data sheet by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_date	Date of observation
obs_time	Time of the observation (local time zone)
waypoint	Way point
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
event	Event. 1.1 = On effort/on track; 1.2 = Off effort. Full codes are available upon request.
heading	Heading
trackline	Track number
observer_side	Observer Side
visibility	Visibility
bss	Baufort sea state
cloud	Cloud cover
glare_l	Glare left side
glare_r	Glare right side
angle_out	Vertical angle
degree_forward	Horizontal angle
sighting_cue	Sighting cue
sp_obs	Species code recorded
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
reliability	Reliability of the species identification
min_count	Minimum number of animals
max_count	Maximum number of animals
obs_count	best estimate of number of animals
comments	Comments
datetime_ini	Initial date/time if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
latitude_ini	Initial latitude if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
longitude_ini	Initial longitude if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP

OBIS-SEAMAP ID	1364
Seabirds	0
Marine mammals	27
Sea turtles	55
Rays and sharks	7
Other species	2
Non spatial	0
Non species	0
Total	91
Date, Begin	2015-03-03
Date, End	2015-10-15
Temporal prec.	111111
Latitude	29.96 - 30.57
Longitude	-80.69 - -79.33
Coord. prec.	6 decimal digits
Platform	Plane
Data type	Animal sighting
Effort	YES (ID: 1365)
Traveled (km)	5,338
Effort hours	38
Contr. through	Navy
Registered	2016-03-14
Updated	2019-07-29
Status	Published
Sharing policy	CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Also availalbe from	iOBIS GBIF (planned)
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UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015 University of North Carolina, Wilmington