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OAS project Detail for GULFCET II
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| Code: | 305 |
| Acronym: | GULFCET II |
| Name: | Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Project II |
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| Funding Organization (deprecated): | DOI/MMS |
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| Country (deprecated): | UNITED STATES |
| Comments: | DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF MARINE MAMMALS IN NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service funding. The purpose of the GulfCet II program is to conduct studies on cetaceans at sea in the northern Gulf of Mexico to determine the seasonal and geographic distribution of cetaceans and to characterize their habitat in areas potentially affected by oil and gas activities now or in the future. This program will include systematic aerial overflights and shipboard surveys to document cetacean and sea turtle populations. This work will be accompanied by physical and biological oceanographic data acquisition designed to further characterize habitats and reveal cetacean-habitat associations. The work is intended as an areal and temporal extension of the GulfCet I Program. An important goal of this program is to determine which cetacean species may potentially be affected by present and future oil and gas activities based on analyses of seasonal and geographic distribution of each species, as well as interpretation of behavioral information collected during this study and from previous surveys. Evaluation will result in the determination of which species could potentially be affected, estimation of the proportion of the population this would represent, geographic and temporal degree of effect, and effect on critical activities (i.e., breeding, feeding, and mating areas). (Citation: Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, http://www.gulfbase.org/project/view.php?pid=gulfcet, last accessed on 08/17/2011) |
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| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2000-02-23 05:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2016-07-06 13:01:45+00 |