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Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods, and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard NOAA Ship Pisces (PC) in the Gulf of Mexico, during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS survey PC1805) from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002)

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As part of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS), the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted shipboard surveys of the U.S. oceanic waters of the Gulf of Mexico out to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05. The survey was designed for a two-team independent visual observer approach with distance sampling to estimate the detection probabilities for marine mammal sightings. This dataset includes marine mammal visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions that can be used in abundance and density modeling per visual line-transect survey protocols. This dataset also includes opportunistic marine mammal photographs and non-marine mammal sightings (occurrences) such as sea turtles. Raw and processed files from conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts performed on a daily basis during the survey are also available.
  • Cite as: Litz, Jenny; Martinez, Anthony; Rappucci, Gina; Aichinger Dias, Laura; Soldevilla, Melissa; Garrison, Lance; Mullin, Keith (2021). Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods, and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard NOAA Ship Pisces (PC) in the Gulf of Mexico, during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS survey PC1805) from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002). https://doi.org/10.25921/01c2-5g70. In National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC); US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); US Geological Survey (USGS). Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) surveys from 2017 to 2020. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GOMMAPPS. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -96.52028
East: -81.81712
South: 23.83192
North: 29.36675
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Associated Resources
  • Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) surveys from 2017 to 2020
  • GoMMAPPS Summer/Fall 2018 Research Cruise Report PC18-05
    • https://doi.org/10.25923/xdnn-wg78 (download)
      U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center. December 2019. Cruise Report - NOAA Ship Pisces Cruise PC18-05, August - October 2018, Southeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document PRBD-2019-07, 25 p.
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  • Program Information
  • Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2021: Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship PISCES in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002), https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66009.
  • Walsh, Todd A.; NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (2018). Underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile and time series data collected aboard NOAA Ship Pisces in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean from 2018-08-05 to 2018-10-06 (NCEI Accession 0176436). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0176436.
    • Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data):
    • gov.noaa.nodc:GOMMAPPS
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2021-12-16
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Purpose The primary goal was to collect data on the distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) using two independent visual survey teams.
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  • Cite as: Litz, Jenny; Martinez, Anthony; Rappucci, Gina; Aichinger Dias, Laura; Soldevilla, Melissa; Garrison, Lance; Mullin, Keith (2021). Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods, and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard NOAA Ship Pisces (PC) in the Gulf of Mexico, during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS survey PC1805) from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002). https://doi.org/10.25921/01c2-5g70. In National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC); US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); US Geological Survey (USGS). Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) surveys from 2017 to 2020. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GOMMAPPS. Accessed [date].
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Acknowledgments
  • Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center
  • Funding Agency: US DOI; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
  • This study was funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management through Interagency Agreement M17PG00013 with the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
  • This research was carried out [in part] under the auspices of the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), a Cooperative Institute of the University of Miami and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, cooperative agreements NA15OAR4320064 and NA20OAR4320472.
  • Thank you to the marine mammal observers who participated in the SEFSC surveys and also to the crew of the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter.
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords Marine Mammal Common Name
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin
  • Clymene dolphin
  • Common bottlenose dolphin
  • Common bottlenose or Atlantic spotted dolphin
  • Cuvier's beaked whale
  • Dwarf sperm whale
  • Gervais' beaked whale
  • Killer whale
  • Melon-headed or Pygmy killer or False killer whale
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin
  • Pilot whales
  • Pygmy or Dwarf sperm whale
  • Risso's dolphin
  • Sei or Rice's or Fin whale
  • Sperm whale
  • Stenellid dolphin
  • Striped dolphin
Provider Keywords Marine Mammal Scientific Name
  • Balaenoptera borealis/ricei/physalus
  • Delphinidae
  • Globicephala sp.
  • Grampus griseus
  • Kogia sima
  • Kogia sp.
  • Mesoplodon europeaus
  • Mesoplodon sp.
  • Odontoceti
  • Orcinus orca
  • P. electra/F. attenuata/P. crassidens
  • Physeter macrocephalus
  • Stenella attenuata
  • Stenella clymene
  • Stenella coeruleoalba
  • Stenella frontalis
  • Stenella sp.
  • T. truncatus/S. frontalis
  • Tursiops truncatus
  • Ziphiidae
  • Ziphius cavirostris
Provider Keywords Non-Marine Mammal Occurrences
  • Fish; Billfish sp.
  • Fish; Tuna sp.
  • Fish; Unid. Shark
  • Turtles; Green Turtle
  • Turtles; Hardshell
  • Turtles; Leatherback
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords Provider Project Names
  • University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
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Keywords Send2NCEI Submission Package ID
  • PECH82
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  • Cite as: Litz, Jenny; Martinez, Anthony; Rappucci, Gina; Aichinger Dias, Laura; Soldevilla, Melissa; Garrison, Lance; Mullin, Keith (2021). Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods, and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard NOAA Ship Pisces (PC) in the Gulf of Mexico, during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS survey PC1805) from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002). https://doi.org/10.25921/01c2-5g70. In National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC); US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); US Geological Survey (USGS). Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) surveys from 2017 to 2020. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GOMMAPPS. Accessed [date].
  • All marine mammal data and photographs were collected under the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) permit number: NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit No. 14450. If a photo displaying a marine mammal is used, please include the permit number in the captions and acknowledge NOAA Fisheries.
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  • 2021-12-16T19:19:22Z - NCEI Accession 0244002 v1.1 was published.
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  • Parameter or Variable: cetacean (measured); Units: NA; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Ships; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The goal of the research was to conduct line-transect surveys using the Distance sampling approach to estimate the abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals in the oceanic waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. A two-team independent observer approach using pedestal-mounted 25x150 mm “big eye” binoculars was used to correct for perception bias in resulting abundance estimates. Survey tracklines were oriented perpendicular to bathymetry lines and followed a “sawtooth” pattern from approximately the 100m-isobath to the Exclusive Economic Zone.; Data Quality Method: Data auditing consisted of making corrections based on error log notes from the field, plotting trackline points to identify errors made when recording effort status, and verifying sighting data based on data sheets from the field..
  • Parameter or Variable: visual observation (measured); Units: NA; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: BIG EYE BINOCULARS.
  • Parameter or Variable: Ocean temperature (measured); Units: degrees C; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD, XBT; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Environmental data were collected at predetermined stations using a conductivity, temperature and depth sensor (CTD) unit and expendable bathythermographs (XBT). CTD casts recorded vertical profiles of salinity, temperature, and oxygen content to a maximum depth of 3441 m. XBT profiles recorded temperature to a maximum depth of 760 m. CTD casts were made daily, typically before the start of the mammal survey day. XBT casts were made at regular intervals along the trackline throughout the cruise..
  • Parameter or Variable: water depth (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD, XBT.
  • Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: psu; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD.
  • Parameter or Variable: OXYGEN (measured); Units: mg/l; % saturation; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD.
  • Parameter or Variable: FLUORESCENCE (measured); Units: mg/m^3; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD.
  • Parameter or Variable: SOUND VELOCITY (measured); Units: m/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD, XBT.
  • Parameter or Variable: WATER DENSITY (measured); Units: kg/m^3; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD.
  • Parameter or Variable: CONDUCTIVITY (measured); Units: mS/cm; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • bathythermograph - XBT
  • BIG EYE BINOCULARS
  • camera
  • CTD
  • Distance Sampling
  • line transect sampling
  • photograph
  • video camera
Platform
  • NOAA Ship Pisces
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