65979 Biopsy Samples Entity Published / External 65919 Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the GOM, 6/29/2017 to 8/17/2017, GoMMAPPS survey (GU1703) Data Set Completed Biopsy samples with sample ID and location: Main goal is to provide biopsySampleID with sighting number, species, and location where samples were collected Data Table Yes Behavioral Observations Table 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 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 53 biopsySampleID character 11 Yes Yes Active Unique Id Associated with the sample 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 72 biopsySamplingDevice Character 20 Yes No Active Device Used To Collect Sample 74 biopsyPunchSize character 20 Yes No Active Size Of Sample Taken 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. 270 samplingProtocol character Yes No Active The names of, references to, or descriptions of the methods or protocols used during an Event. Public URL to survey and/or cruise reports if available. Distributor 2021 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0191/0243654/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_GU1703_VisualSightingData/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_GU1703_VisualSightingData/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_GU1703_BiopsySamples_20211115.csv 2021 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_GU1703_BiopsySamples_20211115.csv Behavioral observations table 2021-11-15T13:43:00 .csv CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) 844 Uncompressed Chked Viruses Inapp Content gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65979 Lee Weinberger 2021-12-17T19:59:23 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2022-09-23 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No 2021-12-19 1 Year 2022-12-19