https://doi.org/10.82144/71353745 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/63b61bb0-685d-4c57-bfb2-85ed48fdd3d1 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1676 https://obis.org/dataset/2e6b3ab9-2746-4a07-a289-884256f81bed Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov owner 2025-09-11 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: During 14 August 2016–28 September 2016 the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted an aerial abundance survey targeting marine mammals and sea turtles. The southwestern extent was New Jersey and the northeastern extent was the southern tip of Nova Scotia, Canada. This survey covered waters from the coast line to about the 100m depth contour (summer). The summer survey coordinated with another aerial survey south of this study area in US waters and north of this area in Canadian waters, along with shipboard surveys which covered waters deeper than 100 m. Track lines were flown 183 m (600 ft) above the water surface, at about 200 kph (110 knots), and the two-independent team methodology was used to collect data. In Beaufort sea states of five and less, during the summer about 11,782 km of on-effort track lines were accomplished, where 95% of this effort was in Beaufort 3 and below. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Sea turtles Visual Sighting Aircraft N/A Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1676 Oceans,North Atlantic -73.874321 -66.6190262 44.7228203 38.8617249 2016-08-15 2016-09-26 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Alopias species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes phylum Chordata chordates family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger shark species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin family Istiophoridae Billfishes species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale family Mobulidae Devil rays species Mola mola Ocean sunfish order Perciformes perch-like fishes family Phocidae Earless seals species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Prionace glauca Blue shark genus Sphyrna Bonnethead sharks species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin The objectives of these aerial flights were to collect the data needed to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in the study area and to investigate how the animals’ distribution and abundance relate to their physical and biological ecosystem. notPlanned Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov NA NA NA Beth Josephson owner NA zd_1676 2025-09-11T15:41:57-04:00 dataset Josephson, B. 2018. AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2016. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/71353745. Palka, Debra. 2017. 2016 Annual Report of a Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Mammal, Marine Turtle, and Seabird Abundance and Spatial Distribution in US Waters of the Western North Atlantic Ocean – AMAPPS II. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1676 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1676/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1676/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1676 zd_1676