Habitat Models by Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

Report

Species & Guilds

(List ordered by guild name and scientific name)

Baleen whales
Balaenopterabaleen whalesN/A180523Profile
Balaenoptera acutorostrataminke whale180524Profile
Balaenoptera borealissei whaleN/A180526ProfileEndangered
Balaenoptera edeniEden's whaleN/A180525Profile
Balaenoptera musculusblue whale180528ProfileEndangered
Balaenoptera physalusfin whale180527ProfileEndangered
Beaked whales
Berardius bairdiiBaird's beaked whaleN/A180496Profile
Hyperoodon ampullatusNorth Atlantic bottle-nosed whale180504Profile
Indopacetus pacificusLongman's beaked whaleN/A180502Profile
Mesoplodonbeaked whalesN/A180506Profile
Mesoplodon bidensNorth Atlantic beaked whale180515Profile
Mesoplodon densirostrisBlainville's beaked whale180517Profile
Mesoplodon europaeusGervais' beaked whale180509Profile
Mesoplodon mirusTrue's beaked whale180508Profile
Mesoplodon peruvianusPeruvian beaked whaleN/A552772Profile
Ziphiidaebeaked whalesN/A180493Profile
Ziphiusgoose-beaked whalesN/A180497Profile
Ziphius cavirostrisCuvier's beaked whale180498Profile
Delphinus
Delphinuscommon dolphinsN/A180437Profile
Delphinus capensislong-beaked common dolphinN/A555654Profile
Delphinus delphiscommon dolphin180438Profile
Harbour porpoise
Phocoena phocoenacommon porpoise180473Profile
Humpback whales
Megaptera novaeangliaehumpback whale180530ProfileEndangered
Killer whales
Feresa attenuatapygmy killer whale180461Profile
Orcinus orcakiller whale180469ProfileEndangered
Peponocephala electramelon-headed whale180459Profile
Pseudorcafalse killer whalesN/A180462Profile
Pseudorca crassidensfalse killer whale180463ProfileEndangered
Kogia
Kogiapygmy sperm whalesN/A180490Profile
Kogia brevicepspygmy sperm whale180491Profile
Kogia simadwarf sperm whale180492Profile
Lags
Lagenorhynchuswhite-beaked dolphinsN/A180441Profile
Lagenorhynchus acutusAtlantic white-sided dolphin180443Profile
Lagenorhynchus albirostriswhite-beaked dolphin180442Profile
Pilot whales
Globicephalapilot whalesN/A180464Profile
Globicephala macrorhynchusshort-finned pilot whale180466Profile
Globicephala melaslong-finned pilot whale552461Profile
Right whales
Eubalaena glacialisblack right whale180537ProfileEndangered
Sperm whales
Physeter macrocephalussperm whale180488Profile
Stenella attenuata
Stenella attenuatapantropical spotted dolphin180430Profile
Stenella attenuata graffmanicoastal spotted dolphinN/A180431Profile
Stenella frontalis
Stenella frontalisAtlantic spotted dolphin552460Profile
Stenella species
Stenella clymeneClymene dolphin180435Profile
Stenella longirostrislong-snouted spinner dolphin180429Profile
Stenella longirostris centroamericanullN/A612613Profile
Stenella longirostris orientalisnullN/A612612Profile
Striped dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalbastriped dolphin180434Profile
Tursiops
Tursiopsbottlenose dolphinsN/A180425Profile
Tursiops truncatusbottlenose dolphin180426Profile
Scientific illustrations courtesy to Garth Mix, GMIX Designs

Datasets Used

Dates Name Provider Platform
1991-07-24 to 1991-08-27 NEFSC Harbor Porpoise 1991 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1991-10-13 to 1991-10-24 NEFSC Survey 1991 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) plane
1992-01-04 to 1992-02-10 SEFSC Atlantic surveys 1992 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1992-01-15 to 1993-12-08 YoNAH Encounter The Years of the North Atlantic Humpback whale boat
1992-01-20 to 1992-03-02 SEFSC Southeast Cetacean Aerial Survey 1992 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) plane
1992-04-22 to 1992-06-07 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1992 (199) NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1992-07-31 to 1992-09-05 Harbor Porpoise Survey 1992 (AJ92-01) NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1993-01-06 to 1993-02-12 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (W) NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1993-05-04 to 1993-06-15 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1993 (S) NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1994-04-16 to 1994-06-09 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1994 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1994-08-16 to 1994-09-08 SEFSC Gomex Shelf 1994 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1995-01-27 to 1995-03-06 SEFSC Southeast Cetacean Aerial Survey 1995 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) plane
1995-07-10 to 1995-08-02 NEFSC 1995 pe9501 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1995-07-11 to 1995-08-01 NEFSC 1995 AJ9501 (Part I) NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1995-07-13 to 1995-07-23 SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Tursiops Survey, 1995 (1) NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) plane
1995-07-24 to 1995-07-31 SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Tursiops Survey, 1995 2 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) plane
1995-07-31 to 1995-08-13 SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Tursiops Survey, 1995 3 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) plane
1995-08-05 to 1995-09-17 NEFSC Aerial Survey - Summer 1995 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) plane
1995-08-07 to 1995-09-04 NEFSC 1995 AJ9501 (Part II) NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1995-08-09 to 1995-09-05 NEFSC 1995 pe9502 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1996-04-17 to 1996-06-08 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1996 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1997-04-17 to 1997-06-09 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1997 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1997-08-23 to 1997-09-04 NEFSC Survey 1997 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1998-07-08 to 1998-08-03 NEFSC Survey 1998 1 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1998-07-09 to 1998-08-20 SEFSC Atlantic surveys, 1998 (3) NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1998-07-19 to 1998-08-20 NEFSC Aerial Survey - Summer 1998 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) plane
1998-08-09 to 1998-08-31 NEFSC Survey 1998 2 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1998-09-07 to 1998-09-24 SEFSC Gomex Shelf 1998 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1998-09-14 to 1999-10-30 UNCW Aerial Survey 1998-1999 University of North Carolina, Wilmington plane
1999-04-23 to 1999-06-01 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1999 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
1999-07-29 to 1999-08-27 NEFSC 1999 aj9902 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
1999-08-09 to 1999-09-25 SEFSC Atlantic surveys 1999 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
2000-02-17 to 2000-04-02 SEFSC Caribbean Survey 2000 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
2000-04-20 to 2000-05-29 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 2000 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
2000-06-28 to 2000-07-26 Gomex Sperm Whale Survey 2000 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
2000-09-07 to 2000-10-01 SEFSC Gomex Shelf 2000 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
2001-02-06 to 2001-03-02 UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2001 University of North Carolina, Wilmington plane
2001-04-18 to 2001-05-30 SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 2001 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
2001-08-31 to 2001-09-28 SEFSC Gomex Shelf 2001 NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) boat
2002-07-18 to 2002-08-01 NEFSC Deepwater Marine Mammal 2002 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
2002-07-20 to 2002-08-10 NEFSC Aerial Survey - Experimental 2002 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) plane
2004-06-13 to 2004-07-12 NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) plane
2004-06-24 to 2004-08-03 NEFSC Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Abundance Survey 2004 NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) boat
2004-08-04 to 2005-02-02 Cape Hatteras 04-05 Duke University Marine Laboratory boat
2004-08-15 to 2004-08-19 Hatteras Eddy Cruise 2004 Duke / UNC Oceanographic Consortium boat
2005-10-27 to 2006-04-20 UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06 University of North Carolina, Wilmington plane
2006-12-05 to 2007-05-02 UNCW Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys 2006-2007 University of North Carolina, Wilmington plane
2007-06-07 to 2010-10-10 DUML vessel-based line transect surveys for proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site 2007-2010 Duke University Marine Laboratory boat
2007-06-26 to 2007-12-11 UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Left side - University of North Carolina, Wilmington plane
2007-06-26 to 2007-12-11 UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site - Right side - University of North Carolina, Wilmington plane
2008-02-02 to 2008-06-14 UNCW Right Whale Aerial Surveys 2008 University of North Carolina, Wilmington plane

Seasons

Season Definition
Winter December through February
Spring March through June
Summer July through September
Fall September through November

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