{999A9551-D701-4CF5-9373-131D3DD8D969} 20050512 19291400 FALSE 20060710 17161900 20060815 12091700 PlatformVesselsPhoto identificationUser defined Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722 en 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.<br/> <br/> The objectives of SWSS were to<br/> (1) establish baseline information on the biology and behavior of sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico,<br/> (2) characterize sperm whale habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and<br/> (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.<br/>This dataset includes PhotoID data in SWSS surveys from 2002-2005. Sperm whale visual trackings and sightings of other cetaceans are avainable in several SWSS datasets. Epperson, D2013https://doi.org/10.82144/1ff88c37OBIS-SEAMAP910http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/910OBIS-SEAMAPVersion 1.0.0 ground condition2002-06-242005-08-01 CompleteNone planned -96.05-86.1229.3126.54-96.05-86.1226.5429.31 Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details. 1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Suggested citation for this dataset: Epperson, D. 2013. BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) PhotoID 2002-2005. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/910) on yyyy-mm-dd. Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: 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 2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references. 3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. 4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP. 5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses. 6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Shapefile Deborah EppersonBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement mailing and physical address

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New OrleansLA70123USA 504-736-3257Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov Integrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttp://www.itis.usda.gov/Downloaded April, 2004Refer to the contact information of the datasetTexas A&M University<br/> Oregon State University<br/> Scripps Institution of Oceanography<br/> Texas A&M University-Galveston<br/> University of Colorado<br/> University of Durham<br/> University of Saint Andrews<br/> University of South Florida<br/> Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionHalpin, 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. Hyrenbach2009vector digital dataOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle en FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time Ei Fujioka Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University mailing and physical addressDurhamNC27708

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USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu Ei FujiokaDuke University http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profilehttp://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata Profile 2013-03-22 2013-03-29 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - MetadataDIS_ESRI1.0dataset Downloadable Data 0.021 0.021 OBIS-SEAMAP Free Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site and click on [Datasets] tab appearing on upper left. Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. OBIS-SEAMAP mailing and physical address DurhamNCUSA

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27708 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. Also please refer to Use Constraints. 002 Local Area Network 0.021 Shapefile Vector GCS_WGS_1984Decimal degrees0.0001670.000167D_WGS_1984WGS_19846378137.000000298.257224GCS_WGS_1984 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.Bureau of Ocean Energy ManagementoididRow ID in the original tableoriginatorSurvey nameoriginatoridDolphin ID assigned in each surveydatetimegmtDate and time in GMTobs_datetimeDate and time (local time zone)latitudeLatitude in decimal degreeslongitudeLongitude in decimal degreesseriesDolphin ID assigned by OBIS-SEAMAP (Same as whale_id)whale_idWhale ID (long term ID)whale_nameWhale namesp_obsSpecies name recordedsp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPobs_countAnimal count (always 1)callusCallusage_classCoded age classgenderGendermarkednessMarkednessestimatedpositionEstimated positiontrackperiodTrack periodfilenameImage file nameisactualimageIndicate if the associated image was taken on the same date as the recordresourcesosu_idOSU IDdtag_idDTag IDnmfs_idNMFS IDgcet_idGCET IDpptPPT#biopsyBiospy notesbiopsyidBiopsy IDbiopsy_noBiopsy No.confidenceConfidencecomments1CommentsnotesNotes20060815