Dataset

AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2012

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Purpose: The objectives of the NEFSC aerial survey were 1) to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in waters north of New Jersey and shallower than 100 m depth and 2) to investigate how the animals' distribution and abundance relate to their physical and biological ecosystem.

Citation: Josephson, B. 2015. AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2012. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/5bd77b1d.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 01:58

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1247

Beth Josephson
NOAA Fisheries

279
occurrence records
25
taxa
18
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 279
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 279
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 279
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 279
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 1
0.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data