Bottlenose dolphins off Outer Banks 2007-2012

Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research

Data were collected through a combination of dedicated and opportunistic effort by the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research. Survey coverage includes sound waters adjacent to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

The purpose of this study is to examine the seasonal movement patterns of bottlenose dolphins in the sounds surrounding the Outer Banks, North Carolina using photo-identification.

[2015-01-23] the data in 2013 were added on 2015-01-23.
[UPDATE] the data in 2010 through 2012 were added on 2013-02-20.

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.
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
oid	Unique ID (created by OBIS-SEAMAP)
sp_obs	Species name
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_date	Observation date
obs_time	Observation time. No seconds. Some records do not have time recorded. See notes.
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
resight	Indicate if the observation is a resight of the day.
obs_count	Group size
notes	Notes
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP