SEUS Right Whale EWS Aerial Surveys 2018-19
Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Dataset credit
NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Regional Office Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute Funding for surveys provided by: NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources
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Contacts
Role | Name | Organization | |
Primary contact |
Timothy Gowan |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute |
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Primary contact |
Barb Zoodsma |
NOAA Southeast Regional Office |
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Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Gowan, T. and B. Zoodsma. 2019. SEUS Right Whale EWS Aerial Surveys 2018-19. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2004) on yyyy-mm-dd. 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
Right whale Early Warning System (EWS) aerial surveys are conducted during winter in the southeastern United States (SEUS). Surveys in this dataset began in 2016/2017 and were flown by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI, formerly Sea to Shore Alliance). FWC surveys were conducted in a Cessna 337 Skymaster aircraft with 2 observers (1 of which was also the data recorder). CMARI surveys were typically conducted in a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft with 2 observers plus 1 dedicated data recorder (CMARI surveys in February 2019 were conducted in a Partenavia P68C aircraft with 2 observers, 1 of which was also the data recorder). Target altitude was 1,000 ft, and target speed was 100 kts. Only large whales, large sharks, and leatherback turtles were consistently recorded by both teams. Manatees, ocean sunfish, and manta rays were consistently recorded by FWC. Manatees and manta rays were consistently recorded by CMARI starting in 2018/2019. All other species were recorded opportunistically. Surveys broke track to obtain exact locations for large whales unless otherwise noted; locations for other species typically represent the location along the survey transect.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
Survey data are split into three seasons (2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19). This is the 2018/19 season. The 2016/17 season is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1990. The 2017/18 season is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1992. Effort data are provided. The Trackline field (used to distinguish effort on a predetermined transect from verification surveys and transits) was recorded by observers during surveys. Additional information on species identification and taxonomic resolution may be available in the Notes and Photos fields.
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References
Surrey-Marsden, C., C. Accardo, M. White, C. George, T. Gowan, P. Hamilton, K. Jackson, J. Jakush, T. Pitchford, C. Taylor, L. Ward, and B. Zoodsma. 2018. North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Area Surveys: 2016/2017 Results. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SER-8, 16 p.
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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.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.
Attributes in dataset
Attribute (table column) | Description |
oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
objectid | Object ID |
ddsource | Survey team |
fileid | Survey team and date code |
eventno | Event number |
sdate | Survey date |
time_gmt | Time (GMT): HHMMSS |
time_local | Local rime: HHMMSS added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
lat | Latitude in decimal degrees |
long | Longitude in decimal degrees |
legtype | Survey type code |
legstage | Survey watch code |
trackline | Transect, transit, or verification code |
sightno | Sighting reference number |
speccode | Species code |
sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
idrel | Reliability of species identification |
number | Group size |
confidnc | Reliability of group size |
numcalf | Number of calves observed |
anhead | Animal heading code |
photos | Photographs taken |
behav1 | Behavior code |
behav2 | Behavior code |
behav3 | Behavior code |
behav4 | Behavior code |
behav5 | Behavior code |
behav6 | Behavior code |
behav7 | Behavior code |
behav8 | Behavior code |
behav9 | Behavior code |
behav10 | Behavior code |
behav11 | Behavior code |
behav12 | Behavior code |
behav13 | Behavior code |
behav14 | Behavior code |
behav15 | Behavior code |
notes_org | Notes during survey |
comments | Notes after survey |
geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 2004 |
Seabirds | 1 |
Marine mammals | 55 |
Sea turtles | 913 |
Rays and sharks | 179 |
Other species | 460 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 0 |
Total | 1,608 |
Date, Begin | 2018-12-06 |
Date, End | 2019-03-30 |
Temporal prec. | 111111 |
Latitude | 27.33 - 36.27 |
Longitude | -81.38 - -74.86 |
Coord. prec. | 5 decimal digits |
Platform | Plane |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | YES (ID: 2005) |
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Traveled (km) | 97,684 |
Effort hours | 557 |
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Registered | 2019-09-20 |
Updated | 2019-09-24 |
Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (Minimum) |
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