Dataset

VACAPES Offshore Study Area Observations

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Dataset credits: The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program Abstract: The data in this dataset represent animal sightings and boat tracks during offshore surveys beginning in April 2015 through December 2021 off the coast of Virginia. Seventy days of offshore surveys were completed between 04/12/2015 - 10/24/2021. Work was performed under HDR task orders TO 03, TO 54, TO 35, TO18F4082, and TO20F4031 (IDIQ contract award N62470-15-D-8006, NAVFAC LANT).

Citation: Engelhaupt, A. and D. Engelhaupt. 2024. VACAPES Offshore Study Area Observations. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/a2e917eb.

Published: November 07, 2025 at 16:14

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2066

Amy Engelhaupt
HDR Inc.

Dan Engelhaupt
HDR, Inc.

1,856
occurrence records
31
taxa
23
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,856
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,856
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,856
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,856
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data