https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a9ab5b7d-a8d1-44b7-8ade-851f3ce6fa5410.82144/3543bfbb a9ab5b7d-a8d1-44b7-8ade-851f3ce6fa54 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/53 0dd40113-e298-443a-961c-239d2f58a1cb zd_53 GlennFordGlenn FordPrimary contact eci@teleport.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor GlennFordGlenn FordPrimary contact eci@teleport.com owner 2026-04-28 eng Original provider: Minerals Management Service Dataset credits: Credit for this study is shared with OSPR by the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Pacific OCS Region, that provided most observers for surveys flown in Santa Barbara Channel and the Santa Maria Basin; MMS personnel also carried out tape-transcriptions and computer entry for surveys in southern California waters (this portion of the OSPR surveys was conducted under matching-funds between OSPR and the Coastal Marine Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara). Abstract: These data were collected from aerial surveys of marine birds and mammals in support of oil spill response and injury assessment, Southern California Bight/MMS Surveys [Birds and Mammals] Study Code: SX, Contract number: FG7407-OS with California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR); and 14-35-0001-30758 (Task 13293) with the Coastal Marine Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Principal investigator: Michael L. Bonnell, Ph.D., Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz Time period: June 1994 through October 1998 Study area: Coastal and inland marine waters of California Methodology: Aerial surveys were conducted in a variety of California locales with experienced observers and trainees. The aircraft used was a Partenavia PN68 Observer provided by the Department of Air Services, CDFG, flown at an altitude of 200' (60 m) above ground level and at a typical air speed of 90 kts. Two observers (at least one experienced) occupied middle seats and searched a corridor of 50 m on each side of the aircraft. Width was defined by clinometer and simple trigonometric functions. Species, numbers, behavior and other information was described on hand-held tape recorders for later transcription and computer entry. The co-pilot position was occupied by a navigator/computer operator. This individual recorded number of observers on-watch, transect status (i.e., on-effort, off-effort, and commutes), as well as sea state, weather and other observation conditions. Date, time, and position of the aircraft were recorded directly into the data-logging computer with time, latitude and longitude provided by a Global Positioning System (GPS). Databases produced: A single database was produced including date, time, latitude/longitude, behavior, observation conditions, and other information for each sighting of marine birds, mammals, and turtles. As stated above, some surveys were solely for the purpose of drills and training, some for systematic data collection, and others for actual oil spill response. In this study, 74 one-day surveys were flown through 1997. Through the end of 1997, a total of 670 hours were flown and, exclusive of commutes, mapped bird and mammal distribution and abundance along 31,271 km (16,886 nmi) of transects. Data from several surveys from 1998 are yet fully analyzed and therefore not included in this dataset. OccurrenceGBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xmlObservationGBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine BiologyVisual sightingMarine Animal SurveyMarine mammalsSeabirdsSea turtlesVesselVisual 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/53 Northeastern Pacific Ocean -121.1728 35.4607 35.4607 33.9579 1995-02-15 1997-08-14 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesAechmophorus occidentalisWestern grebe familyAlcidaeMurres familyAnatidaeDucks familyArdeidaeBitterns speciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataCommon minke whale speciesBalaenoptera musculusBlue whale subspeciesBranta bernicla nigricans speciesBranta canadensisCanada goose suborderCaniformiaPinnipeds speciesCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle speciesCepphus columbaPigeon guillemot speciesCerorhinca monocerataRhinoceros auklet orderCetaceaCetaceans speciesCetorhinus maximusBasking shark familyCheloniidaeSea turtles speciesChroicocephalus philadelphiaBonaparte's gull orderCiconiiformesCiconiiformes speciesCoryphaena hippurusDolphinfish speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin genusDiomedeaAlbatrosses speciesEnhydra lutrisSea otter speciesEschrichtius robustusGray whale speciesEumetopias jubatusSteller sea lion speciesFratercula cirrhataTufted puffin speciesFulmarus glacialisNorthern fulmar genusGaviaLoons speciesGavia immerCommon loon speciesGavia stellataRed-throated loon speciesGrampus griseusRisso's dolphin speciesHydroprogne caspiaCaspian tern genusHyperoodonbottle-nosed whales speciesLagenorhynchus obliquidensPacific white-sided dolphin familyLaridaeGulls speciesLarus argentatusHerring gull speciesLarus californicusCalifornia gull speciesLarus canusMew gull speciesLarus delawarensisRing-billed gull speciesLarus glaucescensGlaucous-winged gull speciesLarus heermanniHeermann's gull speciesLarus occidentalisWestern gull speciesLissodelphis borealisNorthern right whale dolphin speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale genusMelanittaScoters speciesMelanitta fuscaVelvet scoter speciesMelanitta perspicillataSurf scoter speciesMirounga angustirostrisNorthern elephant seal speciesMola molaOcean sunfish speciesNumenius phaeopusWhimbrel speciesOceanodroma homochroaAshy storm petrel speciesOceanodroma leucorhoaLeach's storm petrel familyOtariidaeEared seals speciesPelecanus occidentalisBrown pelican speciesPhaethon aethereusRed-billed tropicbird genusPhalacrocoraxCormorants subspeciesPhalacrocorax brasilianus brasilianus speciesPhalacrocorax pelagicusPelagic cormorant speciesPhalacrocorax penicillatusBrandt's cormorant genusPhalaropusPhalaropes speciesPhalaropus fulicariusRed phalarope speciesPhalaropus lobatusRed-necked phalarope speciesPhoca vitulinaHarbor seal familyPhocidaeEarless seals speciesPhocoena phocoenaHarbor porpoise speciesPhocoenoides dalliDall's porpoise speciesPhoebastria immutabilisLaysan albatross speciesPhoebastria nigripesBlack-footed albatross speciesPodiceps nigricollisBlack-necked grebe speciesPrionace glaucaBlue shark genusProcellaria familyProcellariidaeFulmars / petrels / shearwaters speciesPtychoramphus aleuticusCassin's auklet speciesPuffinus bulleriBuller's shearwater speciesPuffinus creatopusPink-footed shearwater speciesPuffinus griseusSooty shearwater speciesPuffinus opisthomelasBlack-vented shearwater speciesRissa tridactylaBlack-legged kittiwake familyScolopacidaeSandpipers genusStercorariusJaegers speciesStercorarius maccormickiSouth polar skua speciesStercorarius parasiticusParasitic jaeger speciesStercorarius pomarinusPomarine jaeger genusSternaTypical Terns speciesSterna forsteriForster's tern speciesSterna hirundoCommon tern speciesSternula albifronsLittle tern speciesSynthliboramphus hypoleucusXantus's murrelet speciesThalasseus elegansElegant tern speciesThalasseus maximusRoyal tern speciesTringa incanaWandering tattler speciesTringa semipalmataWillet subspeciesTursiops truncatus truncatus speciesUria aalgeCommon murre speciesXema sabiniSabine's gull speciesZalophus californianusCalifornia sea lion The objectives were to develop and maintain a capability to provide aerial surveys of marine bird and mammal distribution and abundance for oil spill response and post-spill injury assessment. notPlanned GlennFordGlenn FordPrimary contact eci@teleport.com NA NA NA GlennFordowner NA 2026-04-28T11:30:45-04:00 dataset Ford, G. 2020. MMS Surveys, SCB 1995-1997. Version 2.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/3543bfbb. Unknown. Unknown. So. Calif Bight/MMS Surveys, Minerals Management Service (MMS), Pacific OCS Region. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/53 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/53/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/53/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_53 zd_53