Sydeman, W2015CalCOFI and NMFS Seabird and Marine Mammal Observation Data, 1987-2006http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/507OBIS-SEAMAP507http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/507OBIS-SEAMAP
This dataset contains observation data of marine birds and mammals from California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) from 1987-2006 and Rockfish cruises along the California coast from 1996-2006 by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
Data were collected aboard research vessels using standardized marine bird and mammal survey techniques (Tasker et al. 1984, Buckland et al. 1993). Marine birds
and mammals were observed in a 90-degree arc from the bow to one side of the ship out to 300m. Counts are summarized by species and behavior along the transects in 3 km bins. Data span years 1987 - 2006.Relating changing ocean productivity patterns and upper-trophic predator (seabirds and marine mammals) distributions to the underlying physical oceanographic variability enhances our understanding of the ecological context of the CalCOFI and NMFS database, thereby aiding in the interpretation of large-scale hydrographic and ocean productivity patterns. An inter-disciplinary, ecosystem-level perspective will provide new insight into offshore California wildlife habitat associations and how apex marine organisms (including fish with diets similar to seabirds and/or mammals) respond to differences in ocean climate, productivity, and water mass properties, information needed to manage fisheries and wildlife under changing ocean conditions.[UPDATE 2013-03-25] The following species codes had been associated with invalid species names. These were corrected to valid species names.
WWSC White-Winged Scoter => Melanitta fusca deglandi
STAL Short-Tailed Albatross => Phoebastria albatrus
LAAL Laysan Albatross => Diomedea immutabilis
LETU Leatherback Turtle => Dermochelys coriacea
These data are publicly available without restriction. However, it is
suggested that potential users contact the data contributor (Marine
Division Director at PRBO Conservation Science, marinedirector@prbo.org)
or PI Bill Sydeman (wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org) for questions concerning
the use of dataset (methods, accuracy, help with interpretation etc.).
The dataset is also available at <a href='http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/datazoo/' target='external'>Ocean Informatics Data Zoo</a>
(http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/datazoo/).
The CalCOFI and Rockfish projects are on going.
The Principle Investigators of these projects are as follows (listed those in
recent years only):
Rockfish survey
2008, Leg 1/2: Bill Sydeman, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research
2008, Leg 3: Jaime Jahncke, PRBO Conservation Science
2009, Leg 1/2: Bill Sydeman, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research
2009, Leg 3: Jaime Jahncke, PRBO Conservation Science
CalCOFI survey
2006-2007: Bill Sydeman, PRBO Conservation Science
2007-current: Bill Sydeman, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research
These recent data are available from these individuals or organizations upon request.
The recent data by Bill Sydeman will be also available through OBIS-SEAMAP in the
near future.
Each sighting is a total of all of the birds/mammals of that species and behavior
seen in an area (approx. 3 km long and 300m wide). The location is represented at
the middle of the bin. Length may be less at the end of a transect, and width
may be less depending on the weather.
Each bin is temporally about 10 minutes in duration (depending on ship speed).
Tracklines on this map represent on-effort only. Off-effort tracks may be obtained
from the data provider.1987050220061104ground conditionNone plannedNortheastern Pacific Ocean-126.474237-117.234540.09133129.77212
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Suggested citation for this dataset
Sydeman, W. 2015. CalCOFI and NMFS Seabird and Marine Mammal Observation Data, 1987-2006. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/507) on yyyy-mm-dd.
Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:
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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4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.
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Marine Division Director , PRBO; William SydemanPRBO Conservation Science; Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research
mailing and physical address
n/a; PO Box 750756n/a; Petaluman/a; CAn/a; 94952n/a; USA
n/a; (707) 478-1381marinedirector@prbo.org; wsydeman@comcast.net
The projects were conducted under the grants awarded to the following
organizations and their scientists.
The principle investigators of the CalCOFI part of this dataset are
(in the chronological order from 1987 to 2006):
Richard Veit and John McGowan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1987-1994)
David Hyrenbach, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1994-2000)
Bill Sydeman, PRBO Conservation Science (2000-2006)
The principle investigators of the Rockfish part of this dataset is
Bill Sydeman, PRBO Conservation Science (1996-2006)
# the affiliations are the ones they belonged to at the time of the surveys.
The data were contributed by PRBO Conservation Science.
These two projects are on going. See [Supplemental information] for the
information on the PIs and organizations in recent years.
Relational database
Jahncke, J. and C. Rintoul2006California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) cruises, 1987-2006Yen, P.P.W., W.J. Sydeman, S.J. Bograd, K.D. Hyrenbach2006Spring-time distributions of migratory marine birds in the southern California Current: Oceanic eddy associations and coastal habitat hotspots over 17 years.Deep-Sea Research II53 (2006) 399–418Yen, P.P.W., W. J. Sydeman, K. D. Hyrenbach2004Marine bird and cetacean associations with bathymetric habitats and shallow-water topographies: implications for trophic transfer and conservationJournal of Marine Systems50 (2004) 79– 99Halpin, 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. Hyrenbach2009OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributionsOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle
Transects (TRAN) have been divided into 3km bins (BIN) based on their starting points (START_LAT, START_LON)) and their length. Starting/ending latitude and longitude coordinates (START_LAT, STOP_LAT, START_LON, STOP_LON) represent where each bin began/ended. There is continuous survey coverage between the start and end coordinates, although any given transect/bin or portion of a transect/bin may or may not have observations of seabirds or marine mammals. The average latitude and longitude coordinates (MID_LAT and MID_LON) correspond to the calculated center point of the bin, and may not be the exact midpoint passed through by the cruise survey track. Bird and mammal observation locations have been summarized to fit these bins, and are identified by cruise, date, transect, and bin (GIS_KEY), and can be linked to the base data as such. Within each bin, bird and mammal observations for a given species are summed. This generalization has removed actual bird and mammal observation locations from the database, and the bin coordinates in the base data will correspond only generally to actual coordinates where birds and mammals were observed.Data records represent bins of survey data derived from continuous transect data, with each record representing a unique species and behavior in the bin. There may be muliple records for a given species if multiple behaviors were observed. Bins were created using software designed for this purpose.Data records represent bins of survey data derived from continuous transect data, with each record representing a unique species and behavior in the bin. There may be muliple records for a given species if multiple behaviors were observed. Bins were created using software designed for this purpose.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20131231Point
1e-061e-06Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984WGS_1984
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Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableidProvider assigned IDData providerProvider assigned IDgis_keyPrimary key; a concatenation of survey name + year + month + date + survey bin/transect number (bin)Data providerPrimary key; a concatenation of survey name + year + month + date + survey bin/transect number (bin)obs_dateDate of survey bin (MM/DD/YYYY)Data provider1987-05-022006-11-04obs_timeStart time of survey binData provider00:00:0023:59:42latitudeMidpoint Latitude Position of Bin (decimal degrees)Data provider29.7721200040.09133100longitudeMidpoint Longitude Position of Bin (decimal degrees)Data provider-126.47423700-117.23450000speciesSpecies of seabird or mammal observationData providerSpecies of seabird or mammal observationsp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number by Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemData providerTaxonomic Serial Number by Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemData providerscientificScientific nameData providerScientific namerankSpecies taxonomic rankData providerSpecies taxonomic rankbehaviorBehavior of seabird or mammal observationData providerBehavior of seabird or mammal observationobs_countCount of observationData provider112950depthBathymetric depth of survey bin (CalCOFI and NMFS only)Data provider-47500svy3 letter survey code CAC=CalCOFI; LIP=Line P; CPR=Continuous Plankton Recorder; NMF=NMFS Rockfish Recruitment SurveyData provider3 letter survey code CAC=CalCOFI; LIP=Line P; CPR=Continuous Plankton Recorder; NMF=NMFS Rockfish Recruitment SurveyData providercruiseUnique ID attributed to individual cruises (SVY+YYY_MM)Data providerUnique ID attributed to individual cruises (SVY+YYY_MM)Data providergeomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)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.PRBO Conservation Science
Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.
OBIS-SEAMAP
mailing and physical address
A328, LSRCDurhamNC27708USA
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 507Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.
Also please refer to Use Constraints.
CSV and ESRI shapefile
OBIS-SEAMAP
Free
Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site.
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Ei Fujioka
Duke Universitymailing and physical addressA328, LSRCDurhamNC27708USA
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time
http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profile
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