Aerial digital survey of ecological studies for offshore wind energy development in Mid-Atlantic Bight

Evan Adams, Biodiversity Research Institute

The goal of the Mid-Atlantic Baseline Studies (MABS) Project was to provide
comprehensive baseline ecological data and associated predictive models
and maps to regulators, developers, and other stakeholders for offshore wind
energy. This knowledge on wildlife distributions, movements, and habitat use
will help inform the siting and permitting of offshore wind facilities on the
mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.

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The study report is available at https://briwildlife.org/mabs/reports/

The records for the following IDs were removed (record numbers in the
parentheses).
Duplicate (21,811)
error (38,097)
ID Impossible (7,441)
Not Applicable (705,217)
Nothing (11,231)
unknown (231,816)

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

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)
id_category	Species code and name
species_code	Species code
species_name	Species name recorded
sp_tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_count	Number of animals (always 1 except for fish)
confidence	Confidence
submerged
approximate_age
plumage
molt
probable_sex
outside_zone
comments	Comments
identifier
area
auditid
id_code
taxon_category
precision_	Whether the animals sighted were a single species or a group of species
report_category
listed
corrected_date	Date of the sighting
corrected_behavior
local_time	Time of the sighting at local time zone
gmt	Time of the sighting in GMT
corrected_resolution
flight_height
flight_height_confidence
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
reel
hideftransect
britransectid
obsid
survey
edits
transid_4km
linkid
area_sqm
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP