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Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean (survey GU2301) from 2023-02-04 to 2023-04-27 (NCEI Accession 0290563)

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As part of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS), the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted a shipboard survey of the U.S. waters of the Western North Atlantic (WNA) from approximately the 200m isobath out to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The survey was conducted between February 4 and April 27, 2023 onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, for a total of 44 days at sea split into three survey legs. Multiple days were lost due to mechanical problems with the ship (Jan 23 to Feb 2) and unfavorable weather conditions (April 8 to 10). February 3 and April 28 were departure (start survey) and arrival (end survey) days, respectively. The survey was designed for a two-team independent visual observer approach with distance sampling to estimate the detection probabilities for marine mammal sightings. A sighting constituted of a single or group of marine mammals (whales and dolphins) seen at the same location and time. 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 such as sea turtles.
  • Cite as: Palka, Debra; Garrison, Lance; Soldevilla, Melissa; Martinez, Anthony; Dias, Laura A.; Rappucci, Gina (2024). Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean (survey GU2301) from 2023-02-04 to 2023-04-27 (NCEI Accession 0290563). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/hhxz-vm91. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2023-02-04 to 2023-04-27
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -86.67383
East: -70.48632
South: 23.96743
North: 38.47308
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Associated Resources
  • Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) surveys from 2010 to present
    • NCEI Collection
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  • Dias, L. A. (2023). AMAPPS Spring 2023 Research Cruise Report. Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). https://doi.org/10.25923/gtac-4j18
    • https://doi.org/10.25923/gtac-4j18
      As part of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS), the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted shipboard surveys of the U.S. waters of the Western North Atlantic (WNA) from approximately the 200m isobath out to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The survey was conducted between January 23 and April 28, 2023 onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, for a total of 44 days at sea split into three survey legs.
  • Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species - Annual Reports
    • https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/publication-database/atlantic-marine-assessment-program-protected-species-annual-reports
      The Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) is a comprehensive multi-agency research program in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean, from Maine to the Florida Keys. Its aims are to assess the abundance, distribution, ecology, and behavior of marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds throughout the U.S. Atlantic and to place them in an ecosystem context. This information can then provide spatially explicit information in a format that can be used when making marine resource management decisions and will provide enhanced data to managers and other users by addressing data gaps that are needed to support conservation initiatives mandated under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
  • Collection of AMAPPS Publications
  • Wanninkhof, Rik; Sullivan, Kevin F.; Pierrot, Denis (2023). Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from the coastal surface underway observations from NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean in 2023 (NCEI Accession 0278973). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/1yem-b389.
  • Allen, Stephen; NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (2023). Underway meteorological, navigational, physical, and time series data collected aboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the Gulf of Mexico and North Pacific Ocean from 2023-04-03 to 2023-09-13 (NCEI Accession 0282737). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0282737.
  • Allen, Stephen; NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (2023). Underway meteorological, navigational, physical, profile, and time series data collected aboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean from 2023-03-16 to 2023-04-28 (NCEI Accession 0282738). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0282738.
    • Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data):
    • gov.noaa.nodc:AMAPPS
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2024-04-30
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
Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: WC6CRT
Purpose 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.
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  • accessLevel: Public
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Palka, Debra; Garrison, Lance; Soldevilla, Melissa; Martinez, Anthony; Dias, Laura A.; Rappucci, Gina (2024). Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean (survey GU2301) from 2023-02-04 to 2023-04-27 (NCEI Accession 0290563). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/hhxz-vm91. Accessed [date].
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  • Related Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center
  • Related Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center
  • Related Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service
  • Related Funding Agency: US DOI; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
  • Funding provided by: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) through interagency agreements M14PG00005, M19PG00007-P00002 with the U.S. Department of the Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC). U.S. Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations through Interagency Agreement N689620IP , with the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 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.
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords
  • ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS
  • BALEEN WHALES
  • CAMERA
  • ENDANGERED SPECIES
  • INDICATOR SPECIES
  • PHOTOGRAPH
  • POPULATION ABUNDANCE
  • SPECIES ABUNDANCE
  • SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS
  • SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS
  • TOOTHED WHALES
  • species distribution
Provider Keywords Species Common Name
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin
  • Baleen whales
  • Basking shark
  • Beaked whales
  • Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon
  • Blue whale
  • Cetacean (large)
  • Cetacean (small)
  • Clymene dolphin
  • Common bottlenose dolphin
  • Common bottlenose or Atlantic spotted dolphin
  • Common dolphin
  • Cuvier's beaked whale
  • Delphinidae
  • Dolphins of the genus Stenella
  • Dwarf sperm whale
  • False killer whale
  • Fraser's dolphin
  • Gervais' beaked whale
  • Green sea turtle
  • Hammerhead sharks
  • Hardshell sea turtle
  • Humpback whale
  • Loggerhead sea turtle
  • Melon-headed or Pygmy killer or False killer whale
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin
  • Pilot whales
  • Pygmy or Dwarf sperm whale
  • Pygmy sperm whale
  • Risso's dolphin
  • Rorquals (except Humpback whale)
  • Rough-toothed dolphin
  • Sei or Fin or Bryde’s or Rice's whale
  • Shark
  • Sperm whale
  • Striped dolphin
  • Sunfish
  • Toothed whales
  • Whale shark
Provider Keywords Species Scientific Name
  • Balaenoptera
  • Balaenoptera borealis or Balaenoptera physalus or Balaenoptera edeni or Balaenoptera ricei
  • Balaenoptera musculus
  • Caretta caretta
  • Cetacea
  • Cetorhinus maximus
  • Chelonia mydas
  • Cheloniidae
  • Delphinidae
  • Delphinus delphis
  • Globicephala
  • Grampus griseus
  • Kogia
  • Kogia breviceps
  • Kogia sima
  • Lagenodelphis hosei
  • Megaptera novaeangliae
  • Mesoplodon
  • Mesoplodon europaeus
  • Mola mola
  • Mysticeti
  • Odontoceti
  • Peponocephala electra or Feresa attenuata or Pseudorca crassidens
  • Physeter macrocephalus
  • Pseudorca crassidens
  • Rhincodon typus
  • Selachii
  • Sphyrnidae
  • Stenella
  • Stenella attenuata
  • Stenella clymene
  • Stenella coeruleoalba
  • Stenella frontalis
  • Steno bredanensis
  • Tursiops truncatus
  • Tursiops truncatus or Stenella frontalis
  • Ziphiidae
  • Ziphius cavirostris
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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  • Cite as: Palka, Debra; Garrison, Lance; Soldevilla, Melissa; Martinez, Anthony; Dias, Laura A.; Rappucci, Gina (2024). Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean (survey GU2301) from 2023-02-04 to 2023-04-27 (NCEI Accession 0290563). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/hhxz-vm91. Accessed [date].
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  • 2024-04-30T14:57:56Z - NCEI Accession 0290563 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Parameter or Variable: cetacean (measured); Units: NA; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: visual observation.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • BIG EYE BINOCULARS
  • Distance Sampling
  • line transect sampling
  • photograph
  • video camera
  • visual estimate
  • visual observation
Platform
  • NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter
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