Dataset: Seabird and marine mammal sightings

Name: Seabird and marine mammal observations from the Drake Passage transits aboard RV Laurence M Gould (LMG1410, LMG1504, LMG1509) and coastal zone operations from 2014 to 2015.
Published: 2017-06-19
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.705477.1

Spatial Extent: N:-54.0093 E:-54.7694 S:-65.1842 W:-67.162

Temporal Extent: 2014 - 2015

Project:

Pilot Study: Addition of Biological Sampling to Drake Passage Transits of the "L.M. Gould" (DrakeBioGould)

Principal Investigator:

Valerie Jean Loeb (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Jarrod A Santora (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)

Contact:

Valerie Jean Loeb (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2017-06-19

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Seabird and marine mammal observations from the Drake Passage transits aboard RV Laurence M Gould (LMG1410, LMG1504, LMG1509) and coastal zone operations from 2014 to 2015.

Abstract:

Seabird and marine mammal observations from the Drake Passage transits aboard RV Laurence M Gould (LMG1410, LMG1504, LMG1509) and coastal zone operations from 2014 to 2015.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2017-06-19	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.705477.1	2019-03-27

Description

Sea bird and marine mammal observations during Drake Passage transits and coastal zone operations during LMG14-10, LMG15-04, and LMG15-09.

Methods & Sampling

Methodologies are those described in Force et al., 2015.

Visual survey effort for seabirds, marine mammals and environmental conditions (e.g., sea state, sea ice conditions) was conducted continuously during daylight hours when the ship was in transit. An observer worked inside the bridge (starboard side) of the R/V Laurence M. Gould and recorded all sightings onto a computer synced to the ships’ data acquisition system. Survey effort covered the Patagonia shelf, central Drake Passage (north and south of the Polar Front), coastal Bransfield Strait, Gerlache Strait, Neumeyer Channel, and northern waters around King George Island and Elephant Island. Moreover, visual survey effort was conducted during all fishing and CTD operations coinciding with other projects during all three cruises.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:

-reformatted column names to comply with BCO-DMO standards
-compiled each deployment into one table

Data Files

File
visual_survey.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 2.28 KB) MD5:c5ce1a33916ab6a7d1f61b7625bc1ff0 Primary data file for dataset ID 705477

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Office of Polar Programs (formerly NSF PLR)	PLR-1347911

Deployments

Deployment	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
LMG1410	2014-10-27	ARSV Laurence M. Gould		data info
LMG1504	2015-04-07	ARSV Laurence M. Gould	Kristen O'Brien (Chief Scientist)	data info
LMG1509	2015-10-24	ARSV Laurence M. Gould	Joshua Kohut (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
deployment	Deployment IDs aboard RV Laurence M Gould	unitless	deployno
year	Year sampling took place; YYYY	unitless	year
month	Month sampling took place; MM	unitless	month
day	Day of the month that sampling took place; MM	unitless	day
hours	Number of hours of survey effort	hours	time_elapsed
lat	Latitude	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude	decimal degrees	lon