66119 Behavioral Observations Entity Published / External 66009 Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship PISCES in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002) Data Set Completed Table of marine mammal sightings Main goal is to provide sighting’s attributes, behavioral observations and remarks 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 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 30 time time Yes No Active Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) date-time during data recording. YYYY-MM-DDHH24:MN:SS 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 recordedByID character 7 Yes No Active Numeric code (observer codes) and 1st and last name initials for each observer 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 72 photographs Character 20 Yes No Active If photographic files from the animals present during the sighting were taken and are available. 74 video character 20 Yes No Active If video files from the animals present during the sighting were taken and are available. 76 biopsySampleAttempted character 20 Yes No Active If biopsy sampling was attempted on animals present during the sighting. 80 biopsySampleTaken character 20 Yes No Active If one or more biopsy samples were collected from animals present during the sighting. 83 calvesPresence character 5 Yes No Active If at least one calf 86 calvesAttributes character 120 Yes No Active Attributes used by the observer to determine animals present during the sighting as calves. 89 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 92 neonatePresence character 5 Yes No Active If at least one neonate 95 neonateAttributes character 80 Yes No Active Attributes used by the observer to determine animals present during the sighting as neonate. 98 individualCountNeonate character Yes No Active Minimum number of neonates observed during the sighting. This value is included in the overall observers count for the sighting. 100 biteScarPresence character 1 Yes No Active If one or more fresh bites and/or scars presumably caused by cookie-cutter sharks was observed on at least one animal on the sighting. 0 = no 1 = yes 2 = could not be determined 102 remoraPresence character Yes No Active If one or more fish, generally referred to as 'remora', were observed attached to the body of at least one animal during the sighting. 0=no, 1=yes, 2=could not be determined 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. 108 behaviorInitial2 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 behaviorInitial3 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. 115 vesselManeuver character Yes No Active If the vessel maneuvered from the original course to approach the sighting. 0=no, 1=yes, 2=could not be determined 118 vesselApproach character Yes No Active If vesselManeuver=-1 (yes) 120 behaviorChange behaviorChange Yes No Active If vesselManeuver=-1 (yes) 122 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. 124 behaviorNew2 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. 126 behaviorNew3 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. 128 behaviorResponse character Yes No Active Subjective evaluation of the observer in relation to the overall sighting's behavioral response to the vessel. 132 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. 140 behaviorChangeFormation numeric Yes No Active If behaviorInitialShape changed during the observation of the sighting. 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. 145 multipleSpecies character Yes No Active Subjective evaluation by the observer of the overall distribution of the animals as observation of the sighting progressed. 148 behaviorMultipleSpecies character 1 Yes No Active Composition of the sighting if more than one cetacean species (or lowest level taxonomic rank identified) was observed. 0 =n/a (single species sighting) 1 = mixed (species Inter spaces with each othet) 2 = single species subgroup (species formed discrete subgroups) 3 = both mixed and single species subgroups (some individuals from one species interspaced with individuals of other species, while other individuals formed discreet single species subgroups) 4 = other 5 = could not be determined 150 behaviorMultipleSpeciesRemarks character 120 Yes No Active Comments or notes about the sighting with multiple cetacean species (or lowest level taxonomic rank identified). 155 sightingRemarks character Yes No Active sightingRemarks 160 taxonRemarks Character Yes No Active Comments or notes on the features used by the observer for species or lowest level taxonomic rank identification. 162 fishPresence character 20 Yes No Active If fish were associated with the sighting. 164 fishIdentification character 70 Yes No Active Taxon (if identified) or characteristics observed of the fish associated with the sighting. If applicable. 166 fishIdentificationVerificationStatus character No No Active If fishIdentification performed, extent to which the taxonomic identification has been verified to be correct. 168 birdPresence character 20 Yes No Active If birds were associated with the sighting. 171 birdIdentification character 60 Yes No Active Taxon (if identified) or characteristics observed of the bird(s) associated with the sighting. If applicable. See also dwc:Identification 173 birdIdentificationVerificationStatus character 20 Yes No Active If birdIdentification performed 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. 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. 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