UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2002

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credit

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington
Data entry Benjamin Best Duke University

Citation

Abstract

N/A

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

This dataset includes visual sightings events only.
Data for acoustic events during the survey are available in Baltic Porpoise Acoustic Surveys 01-02.
Acoustic sound files are not available in OBIS-SEAMAP.

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.

- 2.0.0 (2021-04-24) - Update
  • Published after organisation is set and ready to be registered into GBIF.
- 1.9.0 (2017-08-04) - Update
  • IPT server updated to v2.3.4.
- 1.2.0 (2016-08-30) - Update
  • Data and metadata update.
- 1.0.1 (2007-03-26) - Corrective
  • Common name for Eubalaena glacialis is changed from historical black right whale to Northern right whale sighting.
- 1.0.0 (2004-03-11) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

McLellan, William. 2002. University of North Carolina at Wilmington marine mammal sightings for southeastern US, 2002.

Attributes

Overview

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
id
waypoint_num
date
time
latitude
longitude
event
heading
track_num
obsrv_num
angle_to_sighting
alt
visibility
bss
cloud
glare_l
glare_r
survey_species
reliability
max_num
min_num
best_est
calves__y_n
avoid__y_n
pho_vid
comments_roll
frame_num
lut_species_species
species_group
species_code
species_common
species_scientific
species_tsnITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
geom
oid
datetime_ini
latitude_ini
longitude_ini
OBIS-SEAMAP ID67
DOI10.82144/e6d2b141
Version2.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals384
Sea turtles451
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species7
Total842
Date, Begin2002-01-22
Date, End2002-03-19
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude31.70 - 37.00
Longitude-80.79 - -74.93
Coord. prec.3 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1487)
Traveled (km)20,912
Effort hours146
Registered2004-03-11
Updated2007-03-26
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Shared with GBIF
OBIS
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
See download history / statistics