AMAPPS Southeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2016

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credit

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Laura Dias NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Secondary contact Lance Garrison NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries
Science Center conducted shipboard surveys of continental
slope and shelf break waters along the US East Coast from
Central Florida to Delaware during 30 June – 19 August,
2016 (designated Cruise code GU16-05). The marine mammal
survey was designed for analysis using Distance sampling,
and a two-team (independent observer) approach was used
to
correct for perception bias in resulting abundance
estimates. Team 1 was stationed on the vessel's flying
bridge (height above the water 13.9 m) and team 2 was
located on the bridge wings (height above the water 11.2
m). Between 20 - 24 August the ship transited into the
Gulf of Mexico and only team 1 was active.

Purpose

The goal of the survey was to conduct line-transect surveys
using the Distance sampling approach to estimate the
abundance and spatial distribution of cetaceans in the
continental slope and shelf break waters along the US East
Coast.

Supplemental information

Trip ID / Dataset ID of this dataset is GU1605.

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly
available.
The dataset is accompanied by transect (effort) data
which
is provided as a separate file.
Sightings included were detected on-effort by the flying
bridge only or by both the flying bridge and bridge wing
teams; you may request the full dataset and sightings
including opportunistic ones directly to the provider.

Environmental Attribute Codes
Beaufort Sea state
0 Calm, mirror like seas
1 Waves <1ft, rippled surface
2 Small wavelets (<2 ft), no white caps
3 Large wavelets (<3ft), scattered white caps
4 Swell 3-4 ft, numerous white caps
5 Swell >5 ft, many white caps, some spray
6 Swell >10 ft, white caps everywhere, spray
Visibility
0 Clear
1 Good
2 Fair
3 Poor
Weather
0 Clear
1 Mist
2 Light Rain
3 Heavy Rain
Cloud Cover
0 Clear
1 0-25% Cloudy
2 26-50% Cloudy
3 51-75% Cloudy
4 76-100% Cloudy
5 Overcast
Glare
0 No Glare
1 <10% of visual field
2 10-25% of visual field
3 26-50% of visual field
4 51-75% of visual field
5 >75% of visual field
Glare intensity
0 No Impairment
1 Slight Impairment
2 Moderate Impairment
3 Severe Impairment
Conditions
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Moderate
3 Good
4 Excellent

References

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)
sightidSight ID
comnameSpecies common name
sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
individualcountNumber of animals sighted
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees (WGS84)
perpendiculardistancePerpendicular distance to the animal (m)
eventdateDate and time of the sighting in local time
transectTransect No.
beaufortBeaufort sea state
visibilityVisibility code
weatherWeather code
cloudcoverCloud cover code
glareGlare code
glareintensityGlare intensity code
conditionsOverall conditions code
effortidEffort ID
tripidTrip ID
platformvltsAlways V (Vessel)
oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort
sighttypeSighting type (always F)
datasetidDataset ID assigned by provider
datasetnameDataset name by provider
eventdatetimezoneThe time zone of the observation event (UTC)
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1974
Seabirds0
Marine mammals319
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total319
Date, Begin2016-07-01
Date, End2016-08-24
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude24.35 - 38.44
Longitude-85.79 - -71.33
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1975)
Traveled (km)5,705
Effort hours335
Contr. through
Registered2019-04-04
Updated2019-04-15
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC0 no rights reserved
Shared with OBIS
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