gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65771 eng UTF8 gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65635 dataset JPG Files Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider Dias, Laura A (305) 361-4269 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 laura.dias@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-4577 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ORCID Page Laura Dias Website listed for Dias, Laura A information pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:26 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Photographs 2018 creation 2021-10 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 65771 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/65771 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website About SEFSC information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST originator Garrison, Lance 305-361-4488 305-361-4478 75 Virginia Beach Dr Miami FL 33149 Lance.Garrison@noaa.gov 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT principalInvestigator Litz, Jenny 305-361-4224 305-365-4102 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33139 Jenny.Litz@noaa.gov principalInvestigator Mullin, Keith D 228-549-1632 228-769-9200 3209 Frederic St. Pascagoula MS 39568 keith.d.mullin@noaa.gov principalInvestigator https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0242273/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_Photos_Metadata_NCEI/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Parent Directory Of Photographs Name Last modified Size Description [PARENTDIR] Parent Directory - [DIR] 20180216/ 2021-10-21 13:02 - [DIR] 20180218/ 2021-10-21 13:02 - [DIR] 20180228/ 2021-10-21 13:02 - [DIR] 20180308/ 2021-10-21 13:02 - [DIR] 20180313/ 2021-10-21 13:02 - [DIR] 20180314/ 2021-10-21 13:02 - download imageDigital Photographic Data For The Following Days and Sightings - 20180216 Sighting2 - 2 images 20180218 Sighting4 - 16 images 20180228 Sighting4 - 3 images - 20180308 Sighting4 - 5 images - 20180313 Sighting 6 - 54 Images 20180313 Sighting 28 - 50 images 20180314 Sighting 7 - 18 images To provide photographic data accompanying the recorded observations completed Rappucci, Gina (305) 361-4283 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 gina.rappucci@noaa.gov pointOfContact Dias, Laura A (305) 361-4269 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 laura.dias@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-4577 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ORCID Page Laura Dias Website listed for Dias, Laura A information pointOfContact Litz, Jenny 305-361-4224 305-365-4102 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33139 Jenny.Litz@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > INDICATOR SPECIES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > ENDANGERED SPECIES EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOLOGICAL RECORDS > POPULATION ABUNDANCE theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 BINOCULAR > BINOCULAR CAMERAS VIDEO CAMERA > VIDEO CAMERA VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 Airplane > Airplane NOAA Twin Otter > NOAA De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 17.2 XXXXX theme DOI 14450 theme ESA/MMPA Permit Number GOMMAPPS > Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords M17PG00013 theme Interagency Agreement 0242273 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center theme NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS MARINE MAMMALS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION cetacean species abundance theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS biological in situ marine mammal observation visual estimate visual observation theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Mexico theme NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme wmo_categorycode binoculars camera photograph video camera instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS CETACEANS DOLPHIN PHOTOGRAPHS SEA TURTLE SIGHTING VIDEO VISUAL OBSERVATIONS theme 2018 temporal AIRCRAFT DISTANCE SAMPLING LINE-TRANSECT SURVEY instrument DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft platform DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Cetacean and sea turtle visual observations using line-transect survey methods aboard a NOAA DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (TO) aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico, during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS survey TO18Wi) from 2018-01-18 to 2018-03-14 (NCEI Accession 0242273) project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Photographs [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/65771. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: All marine mammal data and photographs were collected under the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) permit number: NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit No.14450. If a photo displaying a marine mammal is used, please include the permit number in the captions and acknowledge NOAA Fisheries. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 65771 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/65771.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans -96.93520934 -82.44092755 27.658528425 30.412986948 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1998-01-18 1998-03-14 JPEG NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0242273/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_Photos WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0242273/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_Photos Parent Directory for Photographs download dataset Parameter or Variable: CETACEANS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS (measured); Units: NA; Observation Category: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments, SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS, POPULATION ABUNDANCE; Sampling Instrument: AIRCRAFT, LINE-TRANSECT SURVEY, DISTANCE SAMPLING; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The goal of the survey was to conduct line-transect surveys using the distance sampling approach to estimate the abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals and sea turtles in waters over the continental shelf in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. A two-team independent observer approach was used to correct for perception bias in resulting abundance estimates. Survey tracklines were oriented perpendicular to the shoreline and latitudinally spaced 20 km apart.; Data Quality Method: Data auditing consisted of making corrections based on error log notes from the field, plotting trackline points to identify errors made when recording effort status, and verifying sighting data based on data sheets from the field. Rappucci, Gina (305) 361-4283 gina.rappucci@noaa.gov processor