BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag cetacean sightings 2005
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Dataset credit
Texas A&M University Oregon State University Scripps Institution of Oceanography Texas A&M University-Galveston University of Colorado University of Durham University of Saint Andrews University of South Florida Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Contacts
Role | Name | Organization | |
Primary contact |
Deborah Epperson |
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement |
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Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Epperson, D. 2013. BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag cetacean sightings 2005. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/905) on yyyy-mm-dd. 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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Abstract
Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) was a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research project supported by the then Minerals Management Service (MMS; now Bureau of Ocean Energy Management - BOEM) under Cooperative Agreement 1435-01-02-CA-85186 for Cooperative Research on Sperm Whales and their Response to Seismic Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico through the Texas A&M Research Foundation.
The objectives of SWSS were to
(1) establish baseline information on the biology and behavior of sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico, (2) characterize sperm whale habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and (3) determine possible changes in behavior of sperm whales when subjected to manmade noise, particularly from seismic airgun arrays used for offshore oil and gas exploration and geological monitoring.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
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References
Jochens, A., D. Biggs, K. Benoit-Bird, D. Engelhaupt, J. Gordon, C. Hu, N. Jaquet, M. Johnson, R. Leben, B. Mate, P. Miller, J. Ortega-Ortiz, A. Thode, P. Tyack, and B. Würsig. 2008. Sperm whale seismic study in the Gulf of Mexico: Synthesis report. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2008-006. 341 pp. Jochens, A., D. Biggs, D. Engelhaupt, J. Gordon, N. Jaquet, M. Johnson, R. Leben, B. Mate, P. Miller, J. Ortega-Ortiz, A. Thode, P. Tyack, J. Wormuth, and B. Würsig. 2006. Sperm whale seismic study in the Gulf of Mexico; Summary Report, 2002-2004. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2006-034. 352 pp.
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Attributes
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.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".
Attributes in dataset
Attribute (table column) | Description |
oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
utc | Date and time in UTC |
obs_date | Date of the sighting (local time zone) |
obs_time | Time of the sighting (local time zone) |
latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
vessel_heading | Vessel heading |
vessel_spdkmph | Vessel speed in mph |
status | Status |
sighting_id | Sighting ID |
observer | Initial of the observer |
obs_location | Location of the observer |
visual_aid | Visual aid (always Big Eyes) |
eye_height | Eye height |
conv_factor | Conversion factor |
species | Species code |
sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
min_grpsize | Minimum of number of animals |
obs_count | best estimate of number of animals |
max_grpsize | Maximum of number of animals |
behavior | Behavior |
travel_dir | Travel direction |
reticle | Reticle |
bearing | Bearing (°) |
true_bearing | True bearing |
lat_animal | Latitude of animals |
lon_animal | Longitude of animals |
geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 905 |
Seabirds | 0 |
Marine mammals | 708 |
Sea turtles | 0 |
Rays and sharks | 0 |
Other species | 0 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 0 |
Total | 708 |
Date, Begin | 2005-06-05 |
Date, End | 2005-06-29 |
Temporal prec. | 111111 |
Latitude | 26.14 - 27.56 |
Longitude | -96.12 - -93.05 |
Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
Platform | Boat |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | YES (ID: 909) |
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Traveled (km) | 2,502 |
Effort hours | 219 |
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Registered | 2013-03-20 |
Updated | 2013-03-29 |
Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
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