Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019
APEM Limited
Dataset credit
APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc.
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Contacts
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Citation
Jervis, L. and D. Phillips. 2021. Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2159) 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
Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of their lease area located in the New York Bight (OCS-A 0512), now called Empire Wind. To facilitate this, 12 surveys were undertaken between February 2019 and December 2019 by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between November 2017 and October 2018 and can be accessed https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2067.
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Purpose
Equinor initiated monthly offshore high resolution aerial surveys of marine mega-fauna in the New York Bight offshore wind lease area plus a 4 km (2.5 mile) buffer. The surveys used APEM Inc.'s ultra-high resolution aerial digital still imagery to characterize birds present in the lease area and gather additional information on other marine fauna. These surveys provided the baseline information on the abundance and distribution of birds and other marine fauna over the course of a year, as required for conducting impact assessments. The dataset is comprised of observations and survey track line information collected from February 2019 to December 2019 inclusive (12 surveys in total).
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Supplemental information
[2022-07-25] There were some inconsistent date/time values. These are fixed. [2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected. PASSERINE SPECIES UNID.: Aves => Passeriformes RAY SPECIES UNID.: Euselachii => Chondrichthyes SEAL SPECIES UNID.: Otariidae => Caniformia
Each record represents 1 individual (except for Fish Shoals which is one entry per 1 shoal encompassing uncounted number of fish).
Locations of digital snapshots are available as a static point layer.
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References
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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.
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 |
oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
snaguid | Snag ID |
filename | File name |
easting | Easting |
northing | Northing |
imagexpx | definition not provided |
imageypx | definition not provided |
zone_ | definition not provided |
datelocal | Date at local time zone in original format |
obs_date | Sighting date added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
timelocal | Local time |
imagequality | definition not provided |
bodylength_cm | Body length (cm) |
wingspan_cm | Wing span (cm) |
heading | Heading |
asl_m | definition not provided |
animalgroup | definition not provided |
aviananalyst | definition not provided |
commonname | Species name recorded |
sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
obs_count | Number of animals (always 1) added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
age | Age |
gender | Gender |
carapace_cm | Carapace (cm) |
comments | definition not provided |
behaviour | Behavior |
a_id_in_house_ | definition not provided |
a_interest | definition not provided |
a_x1 | definition not provided |
a_y1 | definition not provided |
a_x2 | definition not provided |
a_y2 | definition not provided |
a_wingspanx1 | definition not provided |
a_wingspany1 | definition not provided |
a_wingspanx2 | definition not provided |
a_wingspany2 | definition not provided |
a_grouping | definition not provided |
a_animalgroup | definition not provided |
a_btocode | definition not provided |
a_jncccode | definition not provided |
a_scientificname | definition not provided |
a_legend | definition not provided |
a_source | definition not provided |
a_snagpath | definition not provided |
a_snagtime | definition not provided |
a_date | definition not provided |
a_time | definition not provided |
a_minheight | definition not provided |
a_maxheight | definition not provided |
a_suitableflightheights | definition not provided |
a_idconfidence | definition not provided |
a_camera | definition not provided |
a_lens | definition not provided |
a_extractionanalyst | definition not provided |
longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 2159 |
Seabirds | 2,017 |
Marine mammals | 201 |
Sea turtles | 68 |
Rays and sharks | 829 |
Other species | 802 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 8 |
Total | 3,925 |
Date, Begin | 2019-02-02 |
Date, End | 2019-12-20 |
Temporal prec. | 111111 |
Latitude | 40.16 - 40.42 |
Longitude | -73.65 - -73.04 |
Coord. prec. | 4 decimal digits |
Platform | Plane |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | YES (ID: 2160) |
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Traveled (km) | 12,391 |
Effort hours | 57 |
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Registered | 2021-08-24 |
Updated | 2022-07-25 |
Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
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