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UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Dataset credit
William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
William McLellan |
University of North Carolina Wilmington |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
McLellan, W. 2018. UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/893fb415. 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
Aerial surveys were flown in parallel lines from the South Carolina/North Carolina border to the south end of Assateague Island, Virginia, United States from October 2005 to April 2006. All large whale, small cetaceans, sea turtles and large fish, and ship sightings were recorded. Surveys were conducted in Beaufort sea states of 5 or under and in clear weather conditions. Photos of all large whales exist in the VAB LAB photo data base at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). UNCW houses a data base that now extends from 1998 to 2006 for aerial surveys conducted in the mid-Atlantic and southeast Atlantic bight.
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Purpose
To conduct systematic aerial surveys for large whales, specifically targeting right whales, during the fall, winter and spring off North Carolina and Virginia, United States.
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Supplemental information
N/A
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Change History
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.
- 1.0.0 (2006-07-11) - Initial
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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.
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 |
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| id | Record id |
| date | Date of observation |
| time | Time of the date |
| waypoint | |
| lat | Latitude in decimal degree |
| long | longitude in decimal degree |
| event | |
| heading | |
| track | |
| obsrv | |
| alt | |
| visibility | |
| bss | |
| cloud | |
| glarel | |
| glarer | |
| angle | |
| sightcue | |
| species | |
| common | |
| tsn | ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| scientific | |
| group_ | |
| rank | |
| reliabilit | |
| minnum | |
| maxnum | |
| best | Best estimate of the number of adults |
| calves | Number of calves in the group |
| avoid | |
| pho_vid | |
| comments | |
| geom | |
| oid | |
| datetime_ini | |
| latitude_ini | |
| longitude_ini | |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 360 |
| DOI | 10.82144/893fb415 |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 690 |
| Sea turtles | 746 |
| Rays and sharks | 88 |
| Other species | 51 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 1,575 |
| Date, Begin | 2005-10-27 |
| Date, End | 2006-04-20 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 33.39 - 37.73 |
| Longitude | -78.41 - -74.90 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Plane |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | YES (ID: 361) |
| Traveled (km) | 55,049 |
| Effort hours | 351 |
| Registered | 2006-07-11 |
| Updated | 2018-10-06 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (Minimum) |
| Shared with |
GBIF
OBIS |
| Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML |
| See download history / statistics |
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