https://doi.org/10.82144/2ccf4dac https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/911 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/07828046-08d0-4c79-88e1-c49e78f835a5 https://obis.org/dataset/c862cc27-2df1-452f-96b7-b338f5511489 Deborah Epperson Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Primary contact Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Deborah Epperson Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Primary contact Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Dataset credits: 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 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. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Vessels Sightings N/A This dataset contains cetacean sightings (other than sperm whales) observed in PHOTO-ID/Mesoscale Population Study Cruises 2004 and 2005. Sperm whale visual tracking data are found in <a href='/dataset/912'>BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) MPS sperm whale trackings 2004-2005</a> which is also accompanied with effort data. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/911 Oceans,Gulf of Mexico -92.99 -85.58 29.51 26.84 2004-06-22 2005-08-02 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). family Delphinidae Dolphins species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin genus Kogia Pygmy sperm whales species Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale species Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale species Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin species Stenella clymene Clymene dolphin species Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale notPlanned Deborah Epperson Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Primary contact Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov NA NA NA Deborah Epperson owner NA zd_911 2025-07-31T16:05:18-04:00 dataset Epperson, D. 2013. BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) MPS cetacean sightings 2002-2004. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/2ccf4dac. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/911 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/911/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/911/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_911 zd_911 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.