Dataset

VACAPES NFC Aerial Surveys 2018-2019

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Original provider: HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Dataset credits: The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program Abstract: Data in this dataset represent animal sightings that occurred during aerial marine species monitoring surveys beginning in April 2018 through August 2019 conducted in the NFC (Norfolk Canyon) study area off the coast of Virginia Beach, VA. Twenty-three days of aerial surveys were completed between 4/09/2018 – 08/12/2019. Work was performed under HDR task order 18F4019 (IDIQ contract award N62470-15-D-8006, NAVFAC LANT).

Citation
Ampela, K. and M. Cotter. 2020. VACAPES NFC Aerial Surveys 2018-2019. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/78d4cbe5.
Published
October 08, 2025 at 12:58
First registration
June 09, 2020 at 00:32
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
1,439
total submitted occurrences
1,439
accepted occurrences
36
taxa
27
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,439
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,439
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,439
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,439
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data