A new integrated search interface will become available in the next phase of marineinfo.org.
For the time being, please use IMIS to search available data
Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description This dataset contains location information of marine mammal, sea bird, sea turtle sightings off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in August 2004. more Our objective is to map the distribution of upper-trophic predators with respect to physical and biological gradients across the North Carolina shelf. A team of observers used standardized population sampling techniques, including line-transect and strip-transect methods, to survey the distribution and abundance of marine mammals, birds and turtles. By repeatedly surveying the study area in conjunction with physical and biological measurements from in-situ and remote-sensing platforms, we will quantify how these predators respond to changes in the oceanography of this dynamic region over short time scales (days) and across seasons (summer - winter). More information is available online: Cape Hatteras: Where Currents Collide; Science - Marine Mammals: http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/hatterasfronts/marinemammal.html Cape Hatteras: Where Currents Collide; Overview - Background: http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/hatterasfronts/index.html Scope Themes: Biology > Birds, Biology > Mammals, Biology > Reptiles Keywords: Marine/Coastal, A, North Atlantic, Mammalia, Aves, Testudines Geographical coverage A, North Atlantic [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 4 August 2004 - 2 February 2005 Contributors Related datasets Published in: OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more URLs Dataset information: Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research Metadatarecord created: 2012-11-27 Information last updated: 2012-11-27 | ||||
