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Sightings for AN/AQS-20 Sonar Test Event - December 2013
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 |
Jennifer Latusek-Nabholz |
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Latusek-Nabholz, J. 2014. Sightings for AN/AQS-20 Sonar Test Event - December 2013. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1113) 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 surveys for marine species monitoring occurred 10 through 12 December 2013 for an AN/AQS-20 (Q-20) sonar system test event. These surveys were conducted off the west coast of Florida in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Study Area in the Gulf of Mexico. The Q-20 is a high-frequency active sonar (HFAS) system used in mine detection and countermeasures.
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Purpose
U.S. Navy marine protected species surveys for Q-20 sonar testing
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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 | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
| sighting_no | Sighting No. |
| obs_date | Date of observation |
| sp_obs | Species name recorded |
| sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| obs_count | Group size (best estimate) |
| high | Group size (high estimate) |
| low | Group size (low estimate) |
| calves | Number of calves (no calves sighted) |
| obs_time | Start time (local time zone) |
| stop_time | Stop time (local time zone) |
| bss | Baufort sea state |
| latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| vert_angle | Vertical angle in degrees |
| bearing | Bearing angle in degrees |
| distance | Distance off Track (km and nmi) |
| distance_km | Numeric distance off track km parsed out from distance |
| distance_nmi | Numeric distance off track (nmi) parsed out from distance |
| heading | Heading in degrees |
| bottom_depth | Bottom depth estimated by mapped figures |
| bottom_depth_m | Bottom depth (m) parsed out from bottom_depth |
| bottom_depth_ft | Bottom depth (ft) parsed out from bottom_depth |
| photo_video | Flag indicating photo or video was taken (Yes/No) |
| focal_follow | Focal follow (Yes/No) |
| behavior | Behavioral summary |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 1113 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 4 |
| Sea turtles | 22 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 26 |
| Date, Begin | 2013-10-12 |
| Date, End | 2013-12-12 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 29.78 - 30.16 |
| Longitude | -86.08 - -85.68 |
| Coord. prec. | 3 decimal digits |
| Platform | Plane |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | N/A |
| Traveled (km) | 0 |
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| Contr. through | Navy |
| Registered | 2014-02-28 |
| Updated | 2020-10-01 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY (All) |
| Shared with |
OBIS
GBIF (via DOI) |
| See metadata in static HTML |
| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
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