Dataset

Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, November 2017-October 2018

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Original provider: APEM Limited Dataset credits: APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc. Abstract: Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of their lease area located in the New York Bight (OCS-A 0512), now called Empire Wind. To facilitate this, 12 surveys were undertaken by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) between November 2017 and October 2018 to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between February 2019 and December 2019 and can be accessed https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2159.

Citation
Jervis, L. and M. Fogarty. 2022. Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, November 2017-October 2018. Version 1.3.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/9b17dc03.
Published
April 28, 2026 at 16:33
First registration
July 02, 2020 at 21:45
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2067
Archive
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/archive.do?r=zd_2067

Contacts

Michelle Fogarty
Equinor

Laura Jervis
APEM Limited

OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

3,763
total submitted occurrences
3,763
accepted occurrences
65
taxa
44
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 3,763
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 3,763
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 3,763
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data