Document of dataset 5316

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2012
Description in English
Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available.
Abstract in English
This survey is part of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS).

The objectives of the NEFSC aerial survey were 1) to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in waters north of New Jersey and shallower than 100 m depth and 2) to investigate how the animals' distribution and abundance relate to their physical and biological ecosystem.

License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Josephson B. 2015. AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2012. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1247) on yyyy-mm-dd.

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
2012-03-28
End date
2012-05-03

Geographical coverage

Spatial
ANW, USA, New Jersey

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Aerial surveys

Themes

theme
Biology > Fish
Biology > Mammals

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Balaenopteridae
Chondrichthyes
Delphinidae
Phocidae

Ownerships

contactPoint
Elizabeth (Beth) Josephson
contactPoint
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
creator
Elizabeth (Beth) Josephson
creator
Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Dataset references

record
Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations

Document metadata

date created
2016-05-26
date modified
2016-05-30