https://doi.org/10.82144/67657910 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2001 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/dbc1e610-6cbc-493c-9aa9-e703acdda569 https://obis.org/dataset/90399c94-5dc8-4281-be23-c6b492782b56 Oliver Boisseau Song of the Whale team, MCR International Primary contact oboisseau@mcr-team.org www.marineconservationresearch.org OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Oliver Boisseau Song of the Whale team, MCR International Primary contact oboisseau@mcr-team.org www.marineconservationresearch.org owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Marine Conservation Research Dataset credits: Oliver Boisseau, Marine Conservation Research International Abstract: The dataset contains all sightings of cetaceans and other megafuana made during the MAPS spring cruise in Apr/May 2019 (NMFS permit 14809). When conductiong visual effort, two observers were situated either side of R/V Song of the Whale on an observation platform with an approximate eye-height of 5.5 m above sea-level during daylight hours. The observers scanned the trackline and in front of the vessel using naked eye; 7 x 50 binoculars were used to identify species and estimate group size. During periods of bad weather, observers were stationed on deck with an approximate eye-height of 3.5 m above sea-level. 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 Vessel N/A Environmental attributes were recorded less frequently than the GPS data and not all GPS records get environmental attributes attached. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2001 Oceans,North Atlantic -81.0083 -72.47218 37.22785 31.88778 2019-04-06 2019-05-18 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark superfamily Chelonioidea family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes superorder Euselachii genus Globicephala Pilot whales species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais' beaked whale species Mola mola Ocean sunfish suborder Odontoceti Toothed whales species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale genus Stenella Spinner dolphins species Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin species Stenella clymene Clymene dolphin species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale The MAPS (Marine Mammal Passive Acoustics and Spatial Ecology) cruises form part of a BOEM project to describe the distribution and behaviour of deep-diving cetaceans in the offshore waters of North Carolina (NMFS permit 14809). MAPS is a cooperative agreement between the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the University of North Carolina Wilmington in partnership with Duke University. notPlanned Oliver Boisseau Song of the Whale team, MCR International Primary contact oboisseau@mcr-team.org www.marineconservationresearch.org NA NA NA Oliver Boisseau owner NA zd_2001 2025-07-31T17:30:19-04:00 dataset Boisseau, O. 2019. Sightings from R/V Song of the Whale during the spring 2019 MAPS survey (NMFS permit 14809). Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/67657910. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2001 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2001/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2001/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2001 zd_2001