Acoustic detections in Northeast and South Atlantic

Thomas Webber, University of St Andrews

Dataset credit

Thomas Webber, University of St Andrews

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Thomas Webber University of St Andrews
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

Acoustic detcetions of odontocetes from over 30,000km of survey effort from
the Arctic, Atlantic, Southern and Indian Oceans, using a streamlined
workflow for increasing the speed of acoustic anakysis for large datasets
utilizing existing modules within PAMGuard.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Each record represents species presence only.
Records of "SONAR" were dropped.
Survey trackline is provided as a static image online.

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.
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
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
fidFID
encounteriEncounter number
eventtypeClassification type
species_codeSpecies code by provider
sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_countEmpty
sightingSighting at time of acoustic detection
obs_datetimeStart date/time of encounter
endencounterEnd date/time of encounter
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
whistlesdeWhistles detected?
whistlesstWhistle start time
whistlesenwhistle end time
meanmidfremean mid whistle frequency
meanmidf_1definition not provided
meanlowfremean lower whistle frequency
meanlowf_1definition not provided
meanupfreqmean upper whistle frequency
meanupfr_1definition not provided
meanbandwimean bandwidth
maxupfreqkmax upper whistle frequency
minlowfreqmin lower frequency
nwhistlesnumber whistles detected
clicksdeteClicks detected?
clickstartclick start time
clickendclick end time
nclicksnumber of clicks detected
ch2medianfmeadian click frequency channel 2
ch3medianfmeadian click frequency channel 3
ch2meanfremean click frequency channel 2
ch3meanfremean click frequency channel 3
ch2sechannel 2 click frequency SE
ch3sechannel 3 click frequency SE
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID2155
Seabirds0
Marine mammals828
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial414
Non species0
Total1,242
Date, Begin2019-08-22
Date, End2020-09-29
Temporal prec.111110
Latitude-64.60 - 78.82
Longitude-67.01 - 20.03
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAcoustic - presence
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. through
Registered2021-05-26
Updated2022-05-23
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Shared with OBIS
GBIF (via DOI)
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