Cetacean visual observations and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America, for the Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of America Rice’s Whales project (RESTORE survey GU1806) from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03 (NCEI Accession 0301293)

Description

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 America from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03. Operations occurred in waters where Rice’s 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/hp26-vh80
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/301293
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/301293
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0237/0301293/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.mslabs.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://scripps.ucsd.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.fiu.edu
0 Institution web page http://www.fiu.edu
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.mslabs.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.25923/w61z-mk03
0 Project website https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/rices-whales
0 Institution web page https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/
0 Project website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/endangered-species-conservation/trophic-interactions-and-habitat-requirements-gulf-mexico
0 Institution web page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/hp26-vh80
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/301293
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/301293
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0237/0301293/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.mslabs.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://scripps.ucsd.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.fiu.edu
0 Institution web page http://www.fiu.edu
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.mslabs.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.25923/w61z-mk03
0 Project website https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/rices-whales
0 Institution web page https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Project website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/endangered-species-conservation/trophic-interactions-and-habitat-requirements-gulf-mexico
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/hp26-vh80
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/301293
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/301293
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0237/0301293/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.mslabs.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://scripps.ucsd.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.fiu.edu
0 Institution web page http://www.fiu.edu
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.mslabs.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.25923/w61z-mk03
0 Project website https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/rices-whales
0 Institution web page https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/
0 Project website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/endangered-species-conservation/trophic-interactions-and-habitat-requirements-gulf-mexico
0 Institution web page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/

Tags

  • ships
  • university of miami’s cooperative institute for marine and atmospheric studies (cimas)
  • visual observation
  • chondrichthyes or osteichthyes
  • atlantic spotted dolphin
  • resources and ecosystems sustainability
  • balaenoptera ricei
  • thunnus
  • common bottlenose dolphin
  • spinner dolphin
  • chelonia mydas
  • egw4nj
  • sei or rice's whale
  • stenella attenuata
  • balaenoptera borealis or balaenoptera ricei
  • ocean temperature
  • oceanography
  • sula leucogaster
  • delphinidae
  • tursiops truncatus or stenella frontalis
  • rorquals (except humpback whale)
  • tursiops truncatus
  • pelecanus occidentalis
  • rice's whale
  • common bottlenose or atlantic spotted dolphin
  • scientificname
  • stenella frontalis
  • balaenoptera
  • pantropical spotted dolphin
  • sei or rice's or fin whale
  • and revived economies (restore) science program
  • anatidae
  • stenella longirostris
  • exocoetidae
  • vernacularname
  • balaenoptera borealis or balaenoptera ricei or balaenoptera physalus
  • sula dactylatra
  • tourist opportunities
  • selachii

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