Acoustic Detections for Airborne Mine Neutralization System Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the NSWC PCD Study Area from December 2011

The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Vessel-based marine species monitoring including the use of passive acoustics occurred during 5 through 10 December 2011 for an Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) live-inert explosives research, development, test,
and evaluation (RDT&E) event. These surveys were conducted off the west coast of Florida in
the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Study Area in the Gulf
of Mexico (GOM). The AMNS is a mine countermeasures device that includes an explosive
charge.

Protected marine species monitoring during U.S. Navy explosives testing

Each record represents a detection of species, not the abundance of animals.

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	definition not provided
detection_no	Detection No.
obs_date	Date of the detection (local time zone)
sp_obs	Species name recorded
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_count	Detection (always 1 and does not imply group size)
obs_time	Time of the detection (local time zone)
stop_time	Stop time of the detection
beaufort	Beaufort Sea State
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
bottom_depth	Bottom Depth (m) estimated by mapped figures. (not a precise estimate)
certainty	Certainty of Detection
comments	Comments
geom	definition not provided