Cetacean visual observations and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of Mexico, for the Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of Mexico Rices Whales project (RESTORE survey GU-18-06) from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03 (NCEI Accession 0301293)

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As part of a Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Science Program project, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), in collaboration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and Florida International University (FIU), conducted a shipboard survey in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (GoMx) from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03. Operations occurred in waters where Rices whales (Balaenoptera ricei) were previously sighted, between the 180 m and 400 m isobaths from the Florida panhandle to Tampa. The survey was designed with a focus on baleen whales, although sightings of other species were opportunistically recorded. A sighting constituted a single or group of marine mammals (whales and dolphins) seen at the same location and time. This dataset includes marine mammal visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions, opportunistic marine mammal photographs, and non-marine mammal sightings (a.k.a. occurrences) such as sea turtles. Raw files from conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) casts performed on a daily basis during the survey are also available.

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Name Format Description Link
GCMD Keyword Forum Page Unknown Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords Open resource
Hildebrand, John Website Unknown Scripps Profile Page of john hildebrand of University of California San Diego Open resource
Homepage FIU Marine Conservation Lab Unknown Website listed for Kiszka , Jeremy Open resource
ORCID Page Laura Dias Unknown Website listed for Dias, Laura A Open resource
approved Extended Measurement Or Facts (eMoF) extension used to describe data files XML The .csv files of the dataset was formatted under the Darwin Core standard (https: //dwc.tdwg.org/ using above eMof Open resource
Google Scholar Page Michael Heithaus Unknown Website listed for Heithaus, Michael Open resource
Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website Unknown About SEFSC Open resource
Full Metadata Record Unknown View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. Open resource
NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) PDF NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. Open resource
Developing a comprehensive ecological understanding of the endangered Rice's whale, formerly known as Gulf of Mexico Bryde's whale. Unknown Project website NOAA Fisheries, Endangered Species Conservation: Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of Mexico Rice's Whales Open resource
Landing Page NCEI Accession 0301293 Unknown Online Resource Open resource
301293. Unknown Too big for bulk download. Open resource

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