AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2013

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credit

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Josephson, B. 2015. AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2013. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/98eefea9.
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.

Abstract

N/A

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available.

Change History

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

- 1.5.0 (2021-04-24) - Update
  • Published after organisation is set and ready to be registered into GBIF.
- 1.4.0 (2017-08-04) - Update
  • IPT server updated to v2.3.4.
- 1.2.0 (2016-09-01) - Update
  • Data and metadata update.
- 1.0.1 (2015-12-01) - Update
  • individualcount for the record on 2013-07-17 at 11:15:48 (sightid: 50526) was corrected from 0 to 6.
- 1.0.0 (2015-05-12) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

Palka, Debra. 2013. Cruise Results - HB1303.

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
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
tripidTrip ID
platformvltsAlways
oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort.
speciescodeSpecies code
comnameCommon name
kingdomKingdom
phylumPhylum
classClass
order_sciOrder
familyFamily
scientificnameScientific name
references_References
observationheightAltitude of aircraft in feet above sea level
platformspeedSpeed of the platform at the time of the sighting in knots
higherinstitutioncodeHigher institution code "DOC:NOAA:NEFSC"
institutioncodeInstitution code "NEFSC"
ownerinstitutioncodeInstituion who owns the data "NEFSC"
basisofrecordBasis of record "HumanObservation"
recordtypeRecord type "VLTS" (visual line transect survey)
sightidSight ID
individualcountIndividual count
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
typevltsFlag to indicate the first observation sighting on transect (F) or others.
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
perpendiculardistancePerpendicular distance to the animal
datasetidDataset ID
datasetnameDataset name
eventdateDate and time of the sigthing at local time
eventdatetimezoneThe time zone of the observation event
timeDate and time of the sighting in UTC
effortidEffort ID
cueThe sighting cue that initially drew the observers attention
behaviorBehavior
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1271
DOI10.82144/98eefea9
Version1.5.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals779
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total779
Date, Begin2013-07-02
Date, End2013-08-18
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude36.84 - 42.09
Longitude-74.79 - -64.81
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1272)
Traveled (km)4,336
Effort hours226
Registered2015-05-12
Updated2015-12-01
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC0 no rights reserved
Shared with GBIF
OBIS
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
See download history / statistics