Dataset

Beacon Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, December 2019 – November 2020

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Original provider: APEM Inc. Dataset credits: APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc. Abstract: Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A) 0520, now called Beacon Wind. To facilitate this, 16 surveys were undertaken by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) between December 2019 and November 2020 to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between March 2021 and October 2021 and can be accessed at https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2187.

Citation
Fogarty, M., M. Arundale and J. Neveu. 2025. Beacon Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, December 2019 – November 2020. Version 1.0.1. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/c2b72183.
Published
April 28, 2026 at 16:39
First registration
January 29, 2025 at 11:15
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2192
Archive
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/archive.do?r=zd_2192

Contacts

Matthew Arundale
APEM Ltd

Michelle Fogarty
Equinor

James Neveu
BP

OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

7,608
total submitted occurrences
7,608
accepted occurrences
82
taxa
59
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 7,608
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 7,608
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 7,608
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data