https://doi.org/10.82144/e82740ea https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/38767dd8-68c3-4c48-a328-385ea93cf466 https://obis.org/dataset/718741d6-1e32-4820-aaac-539f321034e1 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: A multi-institutional, marine protected species monitoring program, involving aerial, vessel and acoustic surveillance techniques, has been implemented at the proposed Under Sea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) offshore of Jacksonville, Florida. Ten 87 km track-lines spaced 6.5 km apart transect the 1295 km2 USWTR box, which is located between 60 and 150 km offshore. Aerial surveys were flown in a Cessna Skymaster at 300 m altitude and 185 km/h. A total of 155 track-lines (13,485 km) were surveyed, the majority flown in low Beaufort sea state (BSS) conditions (92% in BSS 3 or lower) to maximize sighting conditions. 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 JAX Aerial marine mammal and sea turtle aerial abundance surveys Aircraft Sightings N/A The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left and right observers. This dataset is from the left side sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href=http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/592>USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2009-2010</a> dataset. This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the JAX Aerial surveys. All the data of the collection are available in the following datasets including this dataset: <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1664" target="_blank">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1662" target="_blank">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1475" target="_blank">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1477" target="_blank">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1362" target="_blank">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1364" target="_blank">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1241" target="_blank">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1239" target="_blank">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1128" target="_blank">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1136" target="_blank">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/857" target="_blank">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/859" target="_blank">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/745" target="_blank">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2010-2011</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/747" target="_blank">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2010-2011</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/687" target="_blank">UNCW USWTR JAX Aerial Surveys May - Oct 2010 - Left side</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/688" target="_blank">UNCW USWTR JAX Aerial Surveys May - Oct 2010 - Right side</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590" target="_blank">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010</a> <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/592" target="_blank">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2009-2010</a> All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY" target="blank">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590 Oceans,North Atlantic,Florida,JAX,USTWR,NAVY -81.192906 -79.800106 30.577324 29.95899 2009-01-27 2010-04-03 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes family Delphinidae Dolphins species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Manta birostris Atlantic manta species Mola mola Ocean sunfish species Rhinoptera bonasus Cownose ray species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin To estimate marine mammal density, distribution, and seasonality, a multi-platform approach was implemented using traditional visual line transect survey methods from aerial and vessel platforms along with passive acoustic monitoring from vessels and moored instruments. notPlanned William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington Primary contact mclellanw@uncw.edu NA NA NA William McLellan owner The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program zd_590 2025-07-31T14:33:18-04:00 dataset McLellan, W. 2011. USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e82740ea. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_590 zd_590 McLellan, W. 2010. UNCW USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010.