SEFSC Atlantic surveys, 1998 (3)

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

These are cruise results for the summer Atlantic Ocean marine mammal survey during the NOAA ship relentless cruise RS 98-01 (3).

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[2020-09-30] The following invalid scientific names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Caspian Tern: Sterna caspia (176924) => Hydroprogne caspia (176935)
Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (176837) => Leucophaeus atricilla (824079)
Royal Tern: Sterna maxima (176922) => Thalasseus maximus (824142)
Sooty Tern: Sterna fuscata (176894) => Onychoprion fuscatus (824105)

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
lineno	Line No
card	Card
cruiseno	Cruise No.
date	Date of the sighting
time	Time of the sighting (local time)
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
track	Track
speed	Speed
gpswarning	GPS warning
leftobs	Left observer
rightobs	Right observer
datarcdr	definition not provided
wind	Wind
weather	Weather
seastate	Sea state
swell	Swell
visibility	Visibility
versunpos	Vertical sun position
radsunpos	Radial sun position
watercolor	Water color
sightingno	Sighting no
shipid	Ship ID
oneffort	Indicator of on or off effort
watertemp	Water temperature in degree Celsius
waterdepth	Water depth
spcode	Species code defined by provider
species_tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number assigned by OBIS-SEAMAP
species	Species name
scientific	Scientific name
herdsize	Herd size
calves	Number of calves
ontransect	Indicator of on or off transect
cookiecttr	Cookie cutter
remora	Remora
glare	Glare
gpclass	GP class
behavior	Behavior
cuetime	Cue time
cuelat	Cue latitude
cuelon	Cue longitude
obspos	Observer position
obscode	Observation code
source	Source
reticle	Reticle
distance	Distance
bearing	Bearing
wdepthm	Water depth in meters
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
oid	oid for internal use