AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credit

William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Contacts

Role	Name	Organization
Primary contact	William McLellan	University of North Carolina Wilmington
Data entry	Ei Fujioka	Duke University

Citation

McLellan, W. 2020. AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/fb7f8602.

Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.

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Supplemental information

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.

- 1.5.0 (2021-04-24) - Update

Published after organisation is set and ready to be registered into GBIF.

- 1.4.1 (2020-10-01) - Update

The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Physeter catodon (180489) => Physeter macrocephalus (180488)

- 1.4.0 (2017-08-04) - Update

IPT server updated to v2.3.4.

- 1.2.1 (2017-03-28) - Update

Two sighting records were updated with more accurate species identification:
2011-10-25 11:40 Ziphius to Ziphius cavirostris
2012-01-31 10:42 Ziphius to Ziphius cavirostris

- 1.2.0 (2016-08-31) - Update

Data and metadata update.

- 1.0.1 (2014-03-18) - Update

Sperm whale sightings were assigned an invalid scientific name (P. catodon). It is corrected to P. macrocephalus.

- 1.0.0 (2012-08-08) - Initial

Initial release

References

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
oid	Row ID assigned by OBIS-SEAMAP
row_id	definition not provided
obs_date	Observation date
obs_time	observation time
waypoint	Waypoint
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
event	Event. 1.1 = On effort/on track; 1.2 = Off effort. Full codes are available upon request.
heading	Heading
trackline
observer_side
visibility
bss	BSS
cloud	Cloud cover code. Code descriptions available upon request.
glare_l	Glare Left
glare_r	Glare Right
vertical_angle	definition not provided
horizontal_angle	definition not provided
sighting_cue	Sighting cue
species
sp_tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
reliability	Reliability
min_count	Minimum number of animals
max_count	Maximum number of animals
best_count
comments	Comments
datetime_ini	Initial date/time if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
latitude_ini	Initial latitude if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
longitude_ini	Initial longitude if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP

OBIS-SEAMAP ID	851
DOI	10.82144/fb7f8602
Version	1.5.0
Seabirds	0
Marine mammals	61
Sea turtles	22
Rays and sharks	8
Other species	9
Non spatial	0
Non species	0
Total	100
Date, Begin	2011-05-26
Date, End	2012-03-15
Temporal prec.	111110
Latitude	34.65 - 36.14
Longitude	-75.76 - -74.35
Coord. prec.	6 decimal digits
Platform	Plane
Data type	Animal sighting
Effort	YES (ID: 852)
Traveled (km)	9,864
Effort hours	84
Registered	2012-08-08
Updated	2020-10-01
Status	Published
Sharing policy	CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Sub group(s)	Navy
Shared with	GBIF OBIS
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