UNCW Right Whale Aerial Surveys 2008 ...

• Main Author: McLellan, William
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: OBIS-SEAMAP 2021
• Subjects: Occurrence,Aircraft,Sightings; Observation; Occurrence; Eubalaena glacialis; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic; Physeter macrocephalus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/w9ra9b; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b9884b38-e184-4b4f-a786-2b1b021b2125

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Abstract: These surveys were designed to monitor North Atlantic right whales ( Eubalaena glacialis ) in the south Atlantic Bight and mid-Atlantic, from the North Carolina (NC)-South Carolina (SC) border, north across the Chesapeake Bay mouth, to the southern tip of Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. The contract period began in January 2008 with surveys flown from February to June 2008. A total of 14 North Atlantic right whales were observed during this aerial survey period, with 12 of the 14 whales sighted between the SC-NC border to Cape Hatteras, NC. Two of the 14 right whales observed were just north of Cape Hatteras, NC. In addition to right whales, two other endangered large whale species were observed. Two humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in two separate sightings during early March, and 20 sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus ) in 12 separate ...