AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2021

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credit

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries
Secondary contact Debi Palka NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast and Southeast Fisheries Science Centers. 2022. 2021 Annual Report of a Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Mammal, Marine Turtle, and Seabird Abundance and Spatial Distribution in US waters of the Western North Atlantic Ocean – AMAPPS III. Report to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 125 pp.
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.

Abstract

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Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

The survey code is TONE21SUM.

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.

References

National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast and Southeast Fisheries Science Centers. 2022. 2021 Annual Report of a Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Mammal, Marine Turtle, and Seabird Abundance and Spatial Distribution in US waters of the Western North Atlantic Ocean – AMAPPS III. Report to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 125 pp.

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
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
tripidTrip ID
platformvltsAlways A (Airplane)
oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort.
speciescodeSpecies code by provider
comnameCommon name
kingdomKingdom
phylumPhylum
classClass
order_sciOrder
familyFamily
scientificnameScientific name
references_References
observationheightAltitude of aircraft in feet above sea level
platformspeedSpeed of the platform at the time of the sighting in knots
higherinstitutioncodeHigher institution code "DOC:NOAA:NEFSC"
institutioncodeInstitution code "NEFSC"
ownerinstitutioncodeInstituion who owns the data "NEFSC"
basisofrecordBasis of record "HumanObservation"
recordtypeRecord type "VLTS" (visual line transect survey)
sightidSight ID
individualcountIndividual count
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
sighttypeAlways "O"
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
perpendiculardistancePerpendicular distance to the animal
datasetidDataset ID by provider
datasetnameDataset name by provider
eventdateDate and time of the sigthing at local time
eventdatetimezoneThe time zone of the observation event
timeTime of the sighting at GMT
effortidEffort ID
cueSighting cue
behaviorBehavior
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID2280
Seabirds0
Marine mammals435
Sea turtles219
Rays and sharks193
Other species596
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total1,443
Date, Begin2021-08-01
Date, End2021-09-14
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude38.77 - 45.06
Longitude-74.54 - -65.19
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 2281)
Traveled (km)0
Effort hours60
Contr. through
Registered2023-11-20
Updated2023-12-19
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC0 no rights reserved
Shared with OBIS
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