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MIRC NAVFAC Incidental Sightings - Vessel 1965-2014
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 |
Kristen Ampela |
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. |
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| Secondary contact |
Cathy Bacon |
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Ampela, K. and C. Bacon. 2018. MIRC NAVFAC Incidental Sightings - Vessel 1965-2014. Version 1.2.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/4681be74. 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
Features in this feature class represent incidental sightings from vessels between 1965 and 2014.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
A report of an incidental sighting did not require time and thus the time value is a rough indication (e.g. morning).
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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.
- 1.2.0 (2021-04-24) - Update - Published after organisation is set and ready to be registered into GBIF.
- 1.1.0 (2018-10-03) - Update - Fixed issues on data archives.
- 1.0.1 (2018-04-16) - Update - Irregular date of 7/15/2065 was corrected to 7/15/1965.
- 1.0.0 (2017-08-03) - Initial
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References
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Attributes
Overview
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) |
| objectid | Internal ID |
| objectid_1 | Internal ID |
| altitudem | Altitude in meters |
| bearing | Bearing (blank) |
| beaufortscale | (blank) |
| beheventinitfld | (blank) |
| calvespercent | (blank) |
| contract | Contract name |
| countcalves | The number of calves |
| counttotbest | The best estimate of the group size |
| counttotmax | The maximum of the group size |
| counttotmin | The minimum of the group size |
| declangle | Declination angle (blank) |
| effortobs | (blank) |
| groupid | (blank) |
| headinganimal | (blank) |
| headingplatmagnetic | (blank) |
| headingplattrue | (blank) |
| latanimal | Latitude of the animals in degrees |
| latplatform | (blank) |
| legnumber | (blank) |
| legtype | (blank) |
| longanimal | Longitude of the animals in degrees |
| longplatform | (blank) |
| observer | (blank) |
| observerleft | (blank) |
| observerright | (blank) |
| ocean | Ocean (always Pacific) |
| percentcloudcover | (blank) |
| platformded | (blank) |
| platformtype | Platform type (always Vessel) |
| rangecomplex | Range complex (always MIRC) |
| reactioninit | (blank) |
| reactioninitcount | (blank) |
| reticle | (blank) |
| sightability | (blank) |
| sightingdate | Date of the sighting |
| sightingnotes | (blank) |
| sightingnumber | (blank) |
| sightingtime | Rough indication of time |
| spcshauledout | (blank) |
| spcsnmcom | Species common name |
| spcsnmsci | Species scientific name |
| sp_tsn | ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| spcspossresight | (blank) |
| surveycat | (blank) |
| surveydates | (blank) |
| surveyid | Survey ID |
| surveylink | definition not provided |
| surveytype | (blank) |
| swell | (blank) |
| depth | Botom depth in meters |
| spcsnmsciinit | Species code |
| subgroups | Group code |
| flagged | (blank) |
| near_fid | definition not provided |
| near_dist | definition not provided |
| bathy_res | definition not provided |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 1523 |
| DOI | 10.82144/4681be74 |
| Version | 1.2.0 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 69 |
| Sea turtles | 0 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 69 |
| Date, Begin | 1965-07-15 |
| Date, End | 2013-03-31 |
| Temporal prec. | 111000 |
| Latitude | 13.02 - 16.03 |
| Longitude | 144.38 - 146.06 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Boat |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | N/A |
| Registered | 2017-08-03 |
| Updated | 2018-04-16 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY (All) |
| Sub group(s) | Navy |
| Shared with |
GBIF
OBIS |
| Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML |
| See download history / statistics |
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