SEFSC Southeast Cetacean Aerial Survey, 1995

Southeast Cetacean Aerial Survey, SECAS, was conducted in 1995 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) to estimate Cetaceans abundance. This data set contains sightings of cetaceans and sea turtles as well as other species, including fish and shark, observed during the aerial survey. Mari...

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Main Authors: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Lance Garrison
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5063/AA/knb.72.1
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Summary:Southeast Cetacean Aerial Survey, SECAS, was conducted in 1995 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) to estimate Cetaceans abundance. This data set contains sightings of cetaceans and sea turtles as well as other species, including fish and shark, observed during the aerial survey. Marine mammals and sea turtles observed includes as follows. The full taxonomic information will be found in Taxonomy section. << Cetacean >> Atlantic spotted dolphin Cuvier?s beaked whale Humpback whale Northern right whale Pantropical spotted dolphin Standard Bottlenose dolphin Striped dolphin << Sea Turtle >> Green turtle Hardshell Kemp's ridley Leatherback Loggerhead Survey's transects information is available in 'SECAS95Efforts.' Visual representation of this data set will be provided in the forms of ESRI's coverage and shapefile.