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VACAPES ASWEX Aerial Monitoring 2011
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.
Dataset credit
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Dana Spontak |
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Spontak, D. 2020. VACAPES ASWEX Aerial Monitoring 2011. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/869) 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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Abstract
Aerial marine-species monitoring occurred on 31 August and 10 September 2011 for an Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise (ASWEX) training event off the coast of Virginia in the United States (U.S.) Navy’s Virginia Capes (VACAPES) Range Complex.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
N/A
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References
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Attributes
Overview
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 described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".
Attributes in dataset
| Attribute (table column) | Description |
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| oid | definition not provided |
| event | Event |
| sighting_no | Sighting No. |
| obs_date | Observation date |
| sp_obs | Species name recorded |
| sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| obs_count | Group size - best |
| count_high | Group size - high |
| count_low | Group size - low |
| calves | Number of calves |
| obs_time | Start time |
| stop_time | Stop time |
| beaufort | Beaufort Sea State |
| latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| vert_angle | Vertical angle |
| distance | Distance off Track (km) |
| heading | Heading |
| bottom_depth | Bottom Depth (m) |
| behavior | Behavioral Summary |
| navy_ship | Navy Ship Present (Yes/No) |
| exercise | Pre/During/Post Exercise |
| bearing_angle | Bearing Angle |
| geom | definition not provided |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 869 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 16 |
| Sea turtles | 39 |
| Rays and sharks | 12 |
| Other species | 1 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 68 |
| Date, Begin | 2011-08-31 |
| Date, End | 2011-09-10 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 36.19 - 36.46 |
| Longitude | -74.99 - -74.64 |
| Coord. prec. | 3 decimal digits |
| Platform | Plane |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | N/A |
| Contr. through | Navy |
| Registered | 2012-09-17 |
| Updated | 2020-10-01 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY (All) |
| Shared with |
GBIF
OBIS |
| See metadata in static HTML |
| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
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