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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&amp;M Research Foundation.&#13;
&#13;
The objectives of SWSS were to&#13;
(1) establish baseline information on the biology and behavior of sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico,&#13;
(2) characterize sperm whale habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and&#13;
(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.</abstract><purpose>Please contact data provider</purpose><supplinf>This dataset contains cetacean sightings (other than sperm whales) observed in PHOTO-ID/Mesoscale Population Study Cruises 2004 and 2005.&#13;
&#13;
Sperm whale visual tracking data are found in &lt;a href='/dataset/912'&gt;BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) MPS sperm whale trackings 2004-2005&lt;/a&gt; which is also accompanied with effort data.</supplinf></descript>
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		<citeinfo><origin>Epperson, D</origin><pubdate>2013</pubdate><title>BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) MPS cetacean sightings 2002-2004</title><onlink>https://doi.org/10.82144/2ccf4dac</onlink><serinfo><sername>OBIS-SEAMAP</sername><issue>911</issue></serinfo><pubinfo><pubplace>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/911</pubplace><publish>OBIS-SEAMAP</publish></pubinfo><edition>Version 1.0.0</edition></citeinfo>
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	<timeperd><current>ground condition</current><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>20040622</begdate><enddate>20050802</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo></timeperd>
	<status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status>
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	<accconst>Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.</accconst>
	<useconst>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) MPS cetacean sightings 2002-2004. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/911) 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.</useconst>
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			<cntperp><cntper>Deborah Epperson</cntper><cntorg>Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement</cntorg></cntperp>
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				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
			<address>1201 Elmwood Park Blvd.</address><city>New Orleans</city><state>LA</state><postal>70123</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr>
		<cntpos/><cntvoice>504-736-3257</cntvoice><cntemail>Deborah.Epperson@bsee.gov</cntemail><cntfax/></cntinfo>
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<taxonomy><taxonsys><classsys><classcit><citeinfo><origin>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</origin><title>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</title><onlink>http://www.itis.usda.gov/</onlink><othercit>Downloaded April, 2004</othercit></citeinfo></classcit></classsys><ider><cntinfo><cntorgp><cntorg>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntorg></cntorgp></cntinfo></ider></taxonsys></taxonomy><datacred>Texas A&amp;M University&#13;
Oregon State University&#13;
Scripps Institution of Oceanography&#13;
Texas A&amp;M University-Galveston&#13;
University of Colorado&#13;
University of Durham&#13;
University of Saint Andrews&#13;
University of South Florida&#13;
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</datacred><crossref><citeinfo><origin>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</origin><pubdate>2008</pubdate><title>Sperm whale seismic study in the Gulf of Mexico: Synthesis report</title><serinfo><sername>U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA</sername><issue>OCS Study MMS 2008-006. 341 pp</issue></serinfo><onlink>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/downloads/resources/zd_810_2008-006.pdf</onlink></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>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</origin><pubdate>2006</pubdate><title>Sperm whale seismic study in the Gulf of Mexico; Summary Report, 2002-2004</title><serinfo><sername>U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA</sername><issue>OCS Study MMS 2006-034. 352 pp</issue></serinfo><onlink>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/downloads/resources/zd_810_2006-034.pdf</onlink></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>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</origin><pubdate>2009</pubdate><title>OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions</title><serinfo><sername>Oceanography</sername><issue>22(2):104-115</issue></serinfo><onlink>http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle</onlink></citeinfo></crossref></idinfo>

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			<cntper>Ei Fujioka</cntper>
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	<distliab>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.&#13;
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	</spatRepInfo><eainfo><overview><eaover>This section explains attributes included in the original dataset.&#13;
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