65760
TO18Wi_MMSightsBehObs_20211015.csv
Behaviorobservations
Entity
Published / External
65635
Cetacean and sea turtle visual observations using line-transect survey methods aboard a NOAA DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (TO) aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico, during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS survey TO18Wi) from 2018-01-18 to 2018-03-14 (NCEI Accession 0242273)
Data Set
Completed
2021-10
Marine mammal (cetacean) sightings with species (or lowest taxonomic level possible) identifications and behavioral observations: marine mammal sightings;
main goal is to provide sighting’s attributes, behavioral observations, and remarks
Data Table
Yes
Marine mammal (cetacean) sightings with species (or lowest taxonomic level possible) identifications and behavioral observations: marine mammal sightings;
10
surveyEventID
Character
6
6
Yes
No
Active
Unique identifier to a survey (vessel or aircraft based) event. For vessel survey: composed of the vessel's acronym followed by a 2-digit survey year and a 2-digit consecutive mission-number on that vessel (a.k.a cruise code).
Cruise name / Cruise Number
Made up of a combination of
a two character Boat Abbreviation : GU = Gordon Gunther
a two digit year: 18 for 2018
a two digit cruise number: 01 for first cruise of the year
20
eventID
numeric
Yes
No
Active
Unique numeric identifier for each survey effort point recorded at regular time intervals. For vessel surveys: approximately every 30 seconds. For aerial surveys: approximately every 10 seconds. This is the indexing number that allows each marine mammal sighting, non-mammal occurence and cue to be linked to the effort points. See also dwc:eventID
40
eventdate
time
Yes
No
Active
Local date-time during data recording.
YYYY-MM-DDHH24:MN:SS
50
sightingNumber
numeric
4
Yes
No
Active
The unique identifier for the marine mammal sighting
57
onEffort
character
1
Yes
No
Active
Effort status designating if observers were on effort (e.g. observers actively scanning for marine mammals through the big eye binoculars with the vessel steadily cruising on the trackline) or off effort (e.g. observers searching naked eyed, whenever the ship was maneuvering and turning onto a new trackline, if other operations were taking place, during bad weather and whenever observers were not actively searching for cetaceans through the big eyes) at the moment of data recording. Y=Yes (on effort), N=No (off effort). For vessel survey: #1=vessel's Flying Bridge, #2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck).
Y,N
60
scientificName
character
80
Yes
No
Active
The scientific name of the marine mammal sighted.
65
vernacularName
character
Yes
No
Active
The vernacular name of the marine mammal sighted.
70
platformLatitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
The latitude of the platform at the moment of data recording.
degrees latitude
71
platformLongitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
The latitude of the platform at the moment of data recording
Degrees Longitude
88
individualCount
Numeric
3
Yes
No
Active
Number of animal observed
95
individualCountCalves
character
Yes
No
Active
Minimum number of calves observed during the sighting. This value is included in the overall observers count for the sighting.
NA
not applicable
105
behaviorInitial1
character
20
Yes
No
Active
Overall behavior(s) displayed by the animal(s) at the first moment the sighting was observed. Different numbers (#) on the column heading are unique identifiers for each column and do not imply order.
112
behaviorNew1
character
Yes
No
Active
Subsequent overall behaviors displayed by the animal(s) as observation of the sighting progressed. Different numbers (#) on the column heading are unique identifiers for each column and do not imply order.
118
behaviorInitialFormation
character
Yes
No
Active
Subjective evaluation by the observer of the overall distribution of the animals at the first moment the sighting was observed. See also dwc:behavior.
143
behaviornewFormation
character
Yes
No
Active
Subjective evaluation by the observer of the overall distribution of the animals as observation of the sighting progressed.
155
sightingRemarks
character
Yes
No
Active
sightingRemarks
171
eventDateTimeZone
Numeric
3
Yes
No
Active
Number of time zones from greenwich mean time
200
typeVLTS
character
Yes
No
Active
One-character string to flag only the initial sighting records which can be used in density and abundance estimation. Opportunistic and subsequent sighting records can be included in the dataset, but these are easily identified from this term for exclusion from abundance and density modeling. The fixed vocabulary terms are: F = first observation sighting on transect, O = opportunistic sighting, S = subsequent sighting either on or off transect, Null = for position-only records or non-VLTS datasets.
210
platformVLTS
character
1
1
Yes
No
Active
One-character string to flag survey platform type for visual line transect surveys. For aerial surveys: All records flagged “A” For boat-based surveys: All records flagged “B”.
220
geodeticDatum
character
Yes
No
Active
The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimal Latitude and decimal Longitude as based.
230
higherInstitutionCode
Character
Yes
No
Active
Institution codes, in the form of abbreviated institution names, separated by semicolons, that define the hierarchy of institutions within which the data originator operates. Includes the originating institution as the lowest level (rightmost) code.
235
permitnumber
character
120
Yes
No
Active
Research permit number issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) for research activities on marine mammals.
240
platformAttributes
character
Yes
No
Active
Model, name and/or other proper characteristics of the platform where the survey was conducted. For vessel: e.g. NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, NOAA Ship Pisces. For aerial survey: e.g. NOAA De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter.
250
relatedProjectProgram
character
100
Yes
No
Active
Official project and/or program under which the survey was conducted (e.g. AMAPPS, GoMMAPPS). If applicable.
Distributor
2021
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
NCEI-MD
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
(301) 713-3277
2021
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0242273/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_VisualSightingData/TO18Wi_MMSightsBehObs_20211015.csv
2021
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
TO18Wi_MMSightsBehObs_20211015.csv
Marine mammal (cetacean) sightings with species (or lowest taxonomic level possible) identifications and behavioral observations: marine mammal sightings;
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