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NOAA Oceanic Gulf of America Cetacean Survey 1997; Sightings
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The second of two spring vessel surveys of the GulfCet II Program was conducted in 1997 in oceanic and upper continental slope waters of U.S. Gulf of America by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters.
Description
This dataset contains sightings of not only cetaceans but also other species including sea turtles, fish and shark observed during the ship survey.
During the 44 survey days, at least 18 species were sighted, including Bryde's whale Sperm whale Dwarf/pygmy sperm whale Cuvier's beaked whale Blainville's beaked whale Striped dolphin Spinner dolphin Clymene dolphin Pantropical spotted dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Fraser's dolphin Bottlenose dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Risso's dolphin Killer whale False killer whale Pilot whale Pygmy killer whale Melon-headed whale The dataset is accompanied by transect data which is provided as a separate file.
Links
Get the data
- seamap.env.duke.edu /dataset/27 ↗
Access data from the OBIS and OBIS-SEAMAP websites.
download · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214586708-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214586708-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
Provenance · 1 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214586708-SCIOPS | 15 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3705 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/fish | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/mammals | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/mammals/cetaceans | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:ships | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |