UNCW Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys 2006-2007
University of North Carolina Wilmington

William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Aerial surveys were flown in parallel lines from the South Carolina/North Carolina border to the south end of Assateague Island, Virginia, United States from December 2006 to May 2007. All large whale, small cetaceans, sea turtles and large fish, and ship sightings were recorded. Surveys were conducted in Beaufort sea states of 5 or under and in clear weather conditions. Photos of all large whales exist in the VAB LAB photo data base at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). UNCW houses a data base that now extends from 1998 to 2007 for aerial surveys conducted in the mid-Atlantic and southeast Atlantic bight.

To conduct systematic aerial surveys for large whales, specifically targeting right whales, during winter and spring off North Carolina and Virginia, United States.

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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 noteded below.

Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description
id
date	Date of observation
time	Time of observation
waypoint
lat	Latitude of observation
long	Longitude of observation
event
heading
track
obsrv
alt
visibility
bss
cloud
glare_l
glare_r
angle
cue
species	Species observed
tsn	Species ITIS TSN
reliability
min_count
max_count
obs_count	Number of animals observed
calves
avoid
pho_vid
comments
oid	Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)