Dataset

Virginia CZM Wind Energy Area Survey- Left side - January 2014 through March 2016

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Original provider: Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Dataset credits: Virginia Aquarium Foundation - Sarah D. Mallette, Gwen G. Lockhart, Susan G. Barco University of North Carolina Wilmington - William A. McLellan, Ryan J. McAlarney Erin W. Cummings and D. Ann Pabst Abstract: The data provided were collected as part of the Documenting Whale Migration off Virginia's Coast for Use in Marine Spatial Planning project - funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program Grant Section 306 Environmental Enhancement Program Strategy Project of Special Merit. NA14NOS4190141 Jan 2014 - March 2016 Aerial surveys were conducted under NOAA Scientific Permits No. 948-1692-00 and 16473, held by UNCW.

Citation: Barco, S. and G. Lockhart. 2016. Virginia CZM Wind Energy Area Survey- Left side - January 2014 through March 2016. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/ba89f56f.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 03:00

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1373

Contacts:

Sue Barco
Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response

Gwen Lockhart
Tetra Tech

237
total submitted occurrences
237
accepted occurrences
16
taxa
12
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 237
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 237
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 237
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 237
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 3
1.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data