Dataset

NEFSC Aerial Survey - Experimental 2002

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Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: The survey was conducted on the NOAA DeHavilland Twin Otter DHC-6, Series 300 aircraft from 19 July to 16 August 2002. The flights were based out of Otis Airbase from 19 July to 2 August 2002, and based out of Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton, Maine from 2 August to 16 August 2002. The southern border of the study area was south of Long Island, New York, the northern border was in the Bay of Fundy north of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, the western border was the United States coastline, and the eastern border was about 64.5 deg W (west of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada).

Citation: Palka, D. 2018. NEFSC Aerial Survey - Experimental 2002. Version 1.8.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/00d67217.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 18:29

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_107

Debi Palka
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

555
occurrence records
22
taxa
16
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 555
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 555
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 555
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 555
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data