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)

As part of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS), the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted shipboard surveys of the U.S. oceanic waters of the Gulf of Mexico out to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05. The survey was designed for a two-team independent visual observer approach with distance sampling to estimate the detection probabilities for marine mammal sightings. This dataset includes marine mammal visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions that can be used in abundance and density modeling per visual line-transect survey protocols. This dataset also includes opportunistic marine mammal photographs and non-marine mammal sightings (occurrences) such as sea turtles. Raw and processed files from conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts performed on a daily basis during the survey are also available.

Tags: 0.25921/01c2-5g70, 0244002, 11.5um radiometer, 14450, 2018, 5177, aerovanes, anemometer, anemometers, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, atmospheric/ocean indicators, baleen whales, barometers, bathymetry/seafloor topography, big eye binocular, binocular, biological, biological classification, biological data, biological records, biosphere, bureau of ocean energy management, cameras, cetacean, cetaceans, climate indicators, coastal waters of mississippi, community dynamics, conductivity, continent, ctd, depth, distance sampling, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, dolphin, earth science, echo sounder, echo sounders, ecological dynamics, endangered species, flourescence, fluorescence, fluorometer, fluorometers, gommapps, gps, gps receivers, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, gulf of mexico marine assessment program, gulf of mexico marine assessment program for protected species, humidity sensor, humidity sensors, in situ, in situ/laboratory instruments, indicator species, line-transect, m17pg00013, mammals, marine mammal observation, marine mammal/seabird assessment, marine mammals, miami lab, na15oar4320064, na20oar4320472, national marine fisheries service, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, nimbus 4 temperature-humidity infrared radiometer - 11.5 um, nmfs, noaa, noaa ship pisces, north america, north atlantic ocean, ocean, ocean chemistry, ocean optics, ocean temperature, oceanography, oceans, oxygen, paleoclimate indicators, pc18-05, photograph, photographs, pisces (ices code: 334b), population abundance, salinity, salinity/density, sea turtle, ships, sighting, southeast fisheries science center, species abundance, species identification, species/population interactions, survey - biological, survey ships, temperature, temperature sensors, thermosalinograph, thermosalinographs, toothed whales, u.s. department of commerce, us department of the interior, us doc, us doi, video, video camera, visual estimate, visual observation, visual observations, water depth, water temperature
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce