Kathleen J. Vigness-Raposa, Marine Acoustics, Inc. and Christopher Damon, University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island and Marine Acoustics, Inc. have created, developed, and populated a world-standard database, the Marine Wildlife Behavior Database (MWBD). MWBD includes geo-referenced baseline data on marine wildlife behaviors; namely diving, movement, and acoustic characteristics of fishes, marine mammals, and sea turtles. A national database of the diving, movement, and acoustic behaviors of marine wildlife is needed to consistently assess the impact of anthropogenic activities on marine life and to identify areas requiring further research. By identifying data fields of importance, researchers are encouraged to report sufficient information for these applied sciences. MWBD has been designed to provide data that allows the greatest accessibility to the widest range of users. Currently, the MWBD is a publicly available archive of behavior data for a select number of species known to occur in the North Atlantic Ocean. Future work will broaden the biological and geographic extent of the database. University of Rhode Island 2008-05-30 17:16:49-04 seamap459 vector digital data OBIS-SEAMAP http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/459 OBIS-SEAMAP http://mwbd.edc.uri.edu/default.htmhttp://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/459 ground condition 1987-01-01 2006-01-01 Complete None planned dive depthdive timebottom behaviorvertical ratediving speeddive anglesurfacing anglesurface behaviortime at-sea/on-landmovementNorth Atlantic Ocean Open public unless otherwise noted. 1. Not to use data contained in OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without prior written consent of the original data provider. 2. To cite both the data provider and OBIS-SEAMAP appropriately after approval of use is obtained. 3. Not 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. Shapefile Vigness-Raposa, K.J. and C. Damon2008http://mwbd.edc.uri.edu Kathleen J. Vigness-Raposa Marine Acoustics, Inc. mailing and physical address

809 Aquidneck Ave.

Middletown RI 02842 USA 401-847-7508 kathleen.vigness@marineacoustics.com 401-847-7864 OBIS-SEAMAP Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. mailing and physical address

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Durham NC 27708 USA 919-613-8021 contact-info@env.duke.edu Not 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. OBIS-SEAMAP Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. mailing and physical address

A328, LSRC

Durham NC 27708 USA 919-613-8021 contact-info@env.duke.edu http://www.nbii.gov/ Biological Data Profile Attributes were obtained directly from the literature. Every effort was made to ensure there were no transcription errors. Publication Date. University of Rhode Island 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. A complete list of available fields can be found on the MWBD Database Design web page (http://mwbd.edc.uri.edu/design.htm). ref_key Reference ID authors Authors of reference ref_year Published year ref_title Reference title journal Journal name endnote EndNote# keywords Keywords hemisphere The hemisphere that the research was conducted in beg_lat Extent of the research area in decimal degree beg_lon Extent of the research area in decimal degree end_lat Extent of the research area in decimal degree end_lon Extent of the research area in decimal degree topology Type of the research area shape (e.g. point, bounding box) geographic_area Geographic area sp_tsn Taxonomic Serial Number by Integrated Taxonomic Information System sp_scientific Scientific name sp_common Common name oid GCS_WGS_1984Decimal degrees0.0001670.000167D_WGS_1984WGS_19846378137.000000298.257224