Integrated Taxonomic Information System http://www.itis.usda.gov/ Downloaded April, 2004 Refer to the contact information of the dataset Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Reptilia Order Testudines Family Cheloniidae Genus Caretta Species Caretta caretta Loggerhead Tortuga-marina caguama loggerhead sea turtle Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Subclass Theria Infraclass Eutheria Order Cetacea Suborder Odontoceti Family Delphinidae dolphins killer whales marine dolphins pilot whales Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Subclass Theria Infraclass Eutheria Order Cetacea Suborder Odontoceti Family Delphinidae Genus Globicephala pilot whales Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Subclass Theria Infraclass Eutheria Order Cetacea Suborder Odontoceti Family Delphinidae Genus Stenella Species Stenella frontalis n embridado Atlantic spotted dolphin Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Reptilia Order Testudines Turtles terrapins tortoises tortues Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Subclass Theria Infraclass Eutheria Order Cetacea Suborder Odontoceti Family Delphinidae Genus Tursiops Species Tursiops truncatus n tonina bottlenose dolphin bottlenosed dolphin Duke University Marine LaboratoryThe U.S. Navy has proposed constructing an Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) along the United States Atlantic coast. The preferred site is an area of 1,713-km2 in Onslow Bay, 87-km from the coast of North Carolina. We have established a monitoring program designed to estimate density and document distribution and seasonal residency of marine mammals and sea turtles in the proposed USWTR. We have established ten 40-nm long transect lines, spaced approximately 5-nm apart. These ten transect lines are surveyed by both shipboard (Duke University Marine Lab) and aerial platforms (conducted by University of North Carolina Wilmington). The survey area incorporates a variety of habitats from shallow waters of the shelf to the continental slope; the Gulf Stream meanders through the eastern portion of the survey area, flowing towards the northeast. The surveys began in June 2007 and are on-going. The primary objectives of these surveys are to: (1) document species occurrence, estimate densities, and examine patterns of residency of marine mammals and turtles in the defined study area, (2) conduct seabird counts concurrent with the visual surveys, and (3) supplement the visual surveys with acoustic monitoring using a towed hydrophone array. The towed array will facilitate compilation of an acoustic library of species-specific recordings. This is a collaborative project with University of North Carolina Wilmington and the Research Unit for Wildlife Population Assessment, Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.Duke University Marine Laboratory2008-01-11 16:35:58-05seamap433vector digital datahttp://www.nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab/http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/433OBIS-SEAMAPhttp://seamap.env.duke.eduOBIS-SEAMAPground condition2007-06-07 07:58:00-042007-11-20 12:04:00-05-77.1443-76.2698334.2073833.42014-77.1443-76.2698334.2073833.42014marine mammalssea turtlespassive acousticsdensity estimationOnslow BayGulf StreamOpen public unless otherwise noted.Not to use data contained in OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without prior written consent of the original data provider. To cite both the data provider and OBIS-SEAMAP appropriately after approval of use is obtained. Also please refer to Distribution Liability.ShapefileKim UrianDuke University Marine Laboratorymailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA919-613-8021dataman@obis.env.duke.eduhttp://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/metadata/standards/index.htmlBiological Data ProfileDuke University Marine Laboratoryiddatetimeeffortlatitudelongitudedepthtempspeciessp_tsnobs_countGCS_WGS_1984Decimal degrees0.0001670.000167D_WGS_1984WGS_19846378137.000000298.257224