https://doi.org/10.82144/c5852ae5 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/400 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a0c41c55-4f00-43a1-adaf-9f6a07d4fff6 https://obis.org/dataset/228907b6-5fd9-40ac-95ab-13f6730db8ac William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington Primary contact mclellanw@uncw.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington Primary contact mclellanw@uncw.edu owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington 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 December 2006 to May 2007. 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 2007 for aerial surveys conducted in the mid-Atlantic and southeast Atlantic bight. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting N/A This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/400 Oceans -78.404088 -74.86211 37.800967 33.400493 2006-12-05 2007-05-02 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Manta birostris Atlantic manta species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Mola mola Ocean sunfish family Rhinopteridae Cow-nose rays species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin To conduct systematic aerial surveys for large whales, specifically targeting right whales, during winter and spring off North Carolina and Virginia, United States. notPlanned William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington Primary contact mclellanw@uncw.edu NA NA NA William McLellan owner NA zd_400 2025-07-31T14:14:07-04:00 dataset McLellan, W. 2011. UNCW Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys 2006-2007. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/c5852ae5. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/400 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/400/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/400/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_400 zd_400