gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:74823 eng UTF8 dataset 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 Rappucci, Gina (305) 361-4283 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 gina.rappucci@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:28 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Cetacean visual observations and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of Mexico, for the Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of Mexico Rices Whales project (RESTORE survey GU-18-06) from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03 (NCEI Accession 0301293) 2025 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 74823 NOAA 10.25921/hp26-vh80 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/74823 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 Mullin, Keith D 228-549-1632 228-769-9200 3209 Frederic St. Pascagoula MS 39568 keith.d.mullin@noaa.gov author Hildebrand, John 858/534-4069 (858)534-6849 9500 Gilman Dr #0205 La Jolla CA 92093-0205 jahildebrand@ucsd.edu https://jahildebrand.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Hildebrand, John Website Scripps Profile Page of john hildebrand of University of California San Diego information author Kiszka , Jeremy 305-919-5234 jkiszka@fiu.edu https://marineconservationecologylab.com/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Homepage FIU Marine Conservation Lab Website listed for Kiszka , Jeremy information author Heithaus, Michael 305-348-2864 11200 S.W. 8th Street, ECS 458 Miami FL 33199 heithaus@fiu.edu https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g_NpLmgAAAAJ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Google Scholar Page Michael Heithaus Website listed for Heithaus, Michael information author https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/endangered-species-conservation/trophic-interactions-and-habitat-requirements-gulf-mexico WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Developing a comprehensive ecological understanding of the endangered Rice's whale, formerly known as Gulf of Mexico Bryde's whale. Project website NOAA Fisheries, Endangered Species Conservation: Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of Mexico Rice's Whales download https://rs.gbif.org/extension/obis/extended_measurement_or_fact_2023-08-28.xml WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link approved Extended Measurement Or Facts (eMoF) extension used to describe data files The .csv files of the dataset was formatted under the Darwin Core standard (https: //dwc.tdwg.org/ using above eMof download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0301293 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Landing Page NCEI Accession 0301293 Online Resource download Cite as: Garrison, Lance; Soldevilla, Melissa; Mullin, Keith; Hildebrand, John; Heithaus, Michael; Kiszka, Jeremy; Martinez, Anthony; Rappucci, Gina; Dias, Laura A. (2025). Cetacean visual observations and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America, for the Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of America Rice’s Whales project (RESTORE survey GU1806) from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03 (NCEI Accession 0301293). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/hp26-vh80. Accessed [date]. As part of a Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Science Program project, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), in collaboration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and Florida International University (FIU), conducted a shipboard survey in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (GoMx) from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03. Operations occurred in waters where Rices whales (Balaenoptera ricei) were previously sighted, between the 180 m and 400 m isobaths from the Florida panhandle to Tampa. The survey was designed with a focus on baleen whales, although sightings of other species were opportunistically recorded. A sighting constituted a single or group of marine mammals (whales and dolphins) seen at the same location and time. This dataset includes marine mammal visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions, opportunistic marine mammal photographs, and non-marine mammal sightings (a.k.a. occurrences) such as sea turtles. Raw files from conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) casts performed on a daily basis during the survey are also available. This was the second in a series of research cruises dedicated to collect information on Rices whales (Balaenoptera ricei) in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Goals included deploying telemetry tags and conducting visual surveys to understand Rices whale spatial distribution completed 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 Soldevilla, Melissa 305-361-4238 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA melissa.soldevilla@noaa.gov custodian 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 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MARINE MAMMALS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MARINE MAMMALS > DOLPHINS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 Balaenoptera Balaenoptera physalus Balaenoptera ricei Tursiops truncatus theme Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 BIG EYE BINOCULARS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Distance Sampling Line Transect Sampling VIDEO CAMERA > VIDEO CAMERA VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 17.2 10.25921/hp26-vh80 theme DOI 0301293 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Pascagoula/Stennis, MS Laboratory theme NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP MARINE MAMMALS Oxygen SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT Salinity biological data cetacean fisheries water depth WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS biological in situ marine mammal observation survey - biological visual estimate visual observation theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Science Program University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) theme Project Name EGW4NJ theme Send2NCEI Submission Package ID Gulf Of America Gulf Of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS BIG EYE BINOCULARS CTD Distance Sampling line transect sampling photograph video camera visual estimate visual observation instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Rice's whale theme 2018 temporal 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). 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Cetacean visual observations and environmental parameters collected by CTD and other instruments onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of Mexico, for the Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of Mexico Rice’s Whales project (RESTORE survey GU1806) from 2018-11-11 to 2018-12-03 (NCEI Accession 0301293). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Unpublished Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0301293 unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 74823 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/74823.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 -87.35783 -84.65517 27.57117 29.80483 2018-11-11 2018-12-03 Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science false eng false Other Data Table Raw CTD Files 2025-03-28 publication NOAA_SEFSC_RESTORE_GU1806_occurrence_20250313.csv 2025-03-28 publication Photographs 2025-03-28 publication NOAA_SEFSC_RESTORE_GU1806_event_20250313.csv 2025-03-28 publication NOAA_SEFSC_RESTORE_GU1806_eMoF_20250321.csv 2025-03-28 publication Web Service (Other) 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/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/301293 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 301293. Too big for bulk download. download otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: please credit CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter The Gordon Gunter primarily serves the NMFS Pascagoula Laboratory in Mississippi. The Gordon Gunter is a 224-ft. multi-use platform. It is equipped with a thermosalinograph, CTD, fluorometer, and other oceanographic instruments that monitor atmospheric and oceanic conditions while traveling. A variety of research gears are deployed from the vessel including stern trawling, longlining, plankton tows, and dredging. The Gordon Gunter operates in all three SEFSC research areas. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe