NOAA Atlantic Cetacean Survey 1999; Sightings
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Abstract: An Atlantic Ocean ship survey was conducted by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center in 1999 to evaluate abundance, distribution and stock structure of cetaceans in southeastern U.S. Atlantic waters. Data gathered on this survey will provide abundance estimates for calculating the Potential Biological Removal for U.S. Atlantic waters as required by the 1994 amendments to the Marine Mammal ... View entire text

Purpose: The purpose of this survey is to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters. Specific objectives of this survey are:
1. Obtain minimum abundance estimate for calculating Potential Biological Removal for each species.
2. Collect biopsy tissue samples to evaluate stock structure.
3.Establish and build time-series databases for monitoring trends in abundance.
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Caption:  Cetacean Survey
 
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 39.16   S: 28.52   E: -73.05   W: -81.14

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: DAVIS, R.E.HARDY, J.P.
Dataset Title: BOREAS HYD-03 SSA/OLD ASPEN DBH DATA
Dataset Release Date: 1999
Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center
Data Presentation Form: Online Files
Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/264
Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=264&term2attribut...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1996-03-08
Stop Date: 1996-03-08
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 264

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE
Phone: (865) 574-7447
Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov
Contact Address:
ORNL DAAC User Services Office
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
City: Oak Ridge
Province or State: TN
Postal Code: 37831-6407
Country: USA
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (603) 646-4219
Fax: (603) 646-4278
Email: bert.davis at us.army.mil
Contact Address:
U.S. Army CRREL
72 Lyme Road
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03775-1290
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-01-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-23

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