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NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
Dataset credit
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Debi Palka |
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Palka, D. 2013. NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/398) 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
The survey was conducted on the NOAA DeHavilland Twin Otter DHC-6, Series 300 aircraft (N57 RF) from 12 June to 12 July 2004. The study area extended between the state border between Virginia and North Carolina (36 degrees N) to the Bay of Fundy (45 degrees N) and from the United States Atlantic shoreline to the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (58 degrees W). The team was based out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) on June 12; Salisbury, Maryland from June 13 to 18; back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) from June 19 to 28; Portland, Maine on June 29 to 30; Bar Harbor, Maine from July 1 to July 7; Halifax, Nova Scotia from July 8 to July 9; Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from July 10 to 11, and back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States on July 12th.
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Purpose
The objective of this survey was to describe the habitat of and estimate the abundance of cetaceans and turtles that are in the study area.
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Supplemental information
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References
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center. 2004. Aerial survey results; NOAA twin otter aircraft: Circle-back abundance survey.
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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 |
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| cruise | Cruise ID |
| year | Year of observation |
| month | Month of observation |
| day | Day of observation |
| time | Time of the observation (local time) |
| lat | Latitude in decimal degree |
| long | Longitude in decimal degree |
| species | Species observed |
| obs_count | Number of animals observed |
| transect | Transect |
| leg | Leg |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 398 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 287 |
| Sea turtles | 138 |
| Rays and sharks | 127 |
| Other species | 206 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 758 |
| Date, Begin | 2004-06-13 |
| Date, End | 2004-07-12 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 36.70 - 45.01 |
| Longitude | -75.89 - -65.61 |
| Coord. prec. | 5 decimal digits |
| Platform | Plane |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | YES (ID: 399) |
| Traveled (km) | 7,770 |
| Effort hours | 39 |
| Contr. through | |
| Registered | 2007-07-10 |
| Updated | 2018-10-06 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC0 no rights reserved |
| Shared with |
OBIS
GBIF (via DOI) |
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| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
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