Dataset

Seabird observations in Marine Offshore Species Assessments to Inform Clean energy (MOSAIC) project

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Original provider: Seabird Oceanography Lab at Oregon State University Dataset credits: Rachael A Orben, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science, Oregon State University, Newport, OR Dawn Breese, Santa Cruz, CA Kelly DeForest, Greater Farallones Association, San Francisco, CA Amanda J. Gladics, Oregon State University - Extension Service | Oregon Sea Grant, Astoria, OR Christopher Hoefer William L Kennerley, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science, Oregon State University, Newport, OR Erin A. Lefkowitz, Integral Consulting, Inc., Providence, RI Alexa R. Piggott, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Keenan C. Yakola, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science at Oregon State University, Newport, OR Lisa T. Ballance, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Newport, OR Abstract: These data are the result of strip-transect surveys from the R/V Pacific Storm, spanning Aug 2022 to April 2024. They were collected off Oregon and northern California from the Columbia River mouth south to Cape Mendocino for the Marine Offshore Species Assessments to Inform Clean energy (MOSAIC) project, led by Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute and funded by the US Department of Energy.

Citation: Kennerley, W. 2026. Seabird observations in Marine Offshore Species Assessments to Inform Clean energy (MOSAIC) project. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. Data accessed on yyyy-mm-dd from https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2403.

Published: May 11, 2026 at 19:51

First registration: May 11, 2026 at 19:53

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

URL: https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2403

Contacts:

William Kennerley
Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University

21,212
occurrence records
72
taxa
57
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 21,212
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 21,212
100.0%
scientificNameID 3,715
17.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 21,212
100.0%
NO_MATCH 1,862
8.8%
NOT_MARINE 1,393
6.6%
MARINE_UNSURE 19
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data