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#1 Federal

Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) surveys from 2017 to 2020

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 01, 2022 at 12:00 AM

As part of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS), the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) conducted...

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#2 Federal

Longline Observer Data System

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 01, 2003 at 12:00 AM

LODS, the Hawaii Longline Observer Data System, is a complete suite of tools designed to collect, process, and manage quality fisheries data and information. Guided by the principles of the NOAA...

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#3 Federal

Density of Cetaceans and Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The goal of this research was to develop Gulf-wide cetacean and sea turtle spatial density models (SDMs) based on line-transect surveys conducted in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Surveys...

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#4 Federal

Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America, for the Vessel Surveys for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds project (VSAD survey GU2402) from 2024-06-03 to 2024-08-12 (NCEI Accession 0299731)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: June 05, 2025 at 12:00 AM

As part of the Vessel Surveys for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds (VSAD) project, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted a shipboard survey of the U.S....

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#5 Federal

Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America (survey GU0402) from 2004-04-15 to 2004-06-10 (NCEI Accession 0284773)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is required to prepare an annual Stock Assessment Report (SAR) for each marine mammal stock to update abundance, stock structure, maximum net...

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#6 Federal

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)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: March 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

As part of a Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Science Program project, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), in...

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#7 Federal

GoM Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphin Photo-identification studies

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: April 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM

These data sets include a compilation of small vessel based studies of bottlenose dolphins that reside within Mississippi Sound and nearshore coastal waters. The data consist primarily of...

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#8 Federal

Marine Biogeographic Assessment of the Main Hawaiian Islands: Synthesized physical and biological data offshore of the Main Hawaiian Islands from 1891-01-01 to 2015-03-01 (NCEI Accession 0155189)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 29, 2016 at 12:00 AM

This dataset contains analyses and data products used in a marine biogeographic assessment of the main Hawaiian Islands. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) regulates the leasing,...

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#9 Federal

Microplastics in the gastrointestinal tracts of cetaceans from the United States (NCEI Accession 0209240)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: July 31, 2020 at 12:00 AM

This dataset contains microplastics (MPs, 1 µm-5 mm) enumerated from the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of bottlenose dolphins stranded in South Carolina, USA from 2017-2018 (initial study), and...

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#10 Federal

Cetacean and sea turtle visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) surveys from 2010 to 2023

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 05, 2026 at 12:00 AM

As part of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS), the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), in collaboration with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center...

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#11 Federal

Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2020

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: May 11, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Species distribution models (SDMs) are important management tools for highly mobile marine species because they provide spatially and temporally explicit information on animal distribution. Two...

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#12 Federal

Cetacean and sea turtle spatial density model outputs from visual observations using line-transect survey methods aboard NOAA vessel and aircraft platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 2003-06-12 to 2019-07-31 (NCEI Accession 0256800)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: July 29, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Based on ship-based and aerial line-transect surveys conducted in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico between 2003 and 2019, the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) developed spatial...

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#13 Federal

Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2020b

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: December 01, 2020 at 12:00 AM

To develop improved species distribution models (SDMs) and to update US West Coast cetacean stock abundance estimates, sighting data from NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center 2018 California...

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#14 Federal

Habitat-based Models of Cetacean Density and Distribution in the Central North Pacific, 2015

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: February 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM

The central North Pacific Ocean includes diverse temperate and tropical pelagic habitats. Studies of the abundance and distribution of cetaceans within these dynamic marine ecosystems have...

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#15 Federal

Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2016

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: February 16, 2016 at 12:00 AM

We developed predictive habitat-based models of cetacean density based on seven shipboard cetacean surveys conducted during summer and fall between 1991 and 2009 in the California Current...

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#16 Federal

Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America, for the Vessel Surveys for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds project (VSAD survey GU2303) from 2023-06-22 to 2023-08-14 (NCEI Accession 0290373)

Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dataset Last Updated: June 02, 2025 at 12:00 AM

As part of the Vessel Surveys for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds (VSAD) project, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted a shipboard survey of the U.S....

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 04:41 AM

#17 Federal

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)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2025 at 12:00 AM

As part of a Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Science Program project, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), in...

Search relevance: 1.00 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 12:57 PM

#18 Federal

Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina, USA from Jan 8,2018 to Jan 26, 2018

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducted surveys within the southern North Carolina estuarine system from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 to provide an updated estimate of abundance for the...

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#19 Federal

Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with photographs and environmental parameters in North Carolina, USA from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 (NCEI Accession 0254384)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: July 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducted surveys within the southern North Carolina estuarine system from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 to provide an updated estimate of abundance for the...

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#20 Federal

Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic-identification images collected for abundance estimation, occurrence, association pattern, and behavioral observation studies using cameras from small boats in Texas bays, estuaries, and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters by Texas A&M University at Galveston from 1990 to 2001 (NCEI Accession 0250966)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: April 08, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic-identification surveys were conducted by the Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) Marine Mammal Behavioral Ecology Group, on the...

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Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) surveys from 2017 to 2020

Longline Observer Data System

Density of Cetaceans and Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico

Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America, for the Vessel Surveys for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds project (VSAD survey GU2402) from 2024-06-03 to 2024-08-12 (NCEI Accession 0299731)

Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America (survey GU0402) from 2004-04-15 to 2004-06-10 (NCEI Accession 0284773)

GoM Estuarine Bottlenose Dolphin Photo-identification studies

Marine Biogeographic Assessment of the Main Hawaiian Islands: Synthesized physical and biological data offshore of the Main Hawaiian Islands from 1891-01-01 to 2015-03-01 (NCEI Accession 0155189)

Microplastics in the gastrointestinal tracts of cetaceans from the United States (NCEI Accession 0209240)

Cetacean and sea turtle visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) surveys from 2010 to 2023

Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2020

Cetacean and sea turtle spatial density model outputs from visual observations using line-transect survey methods aboard NOAA vessel and aircraft platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 2003-06-12 to 2019-07-31 (NCEI Accession 0256800)

Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2020b

Habitat-based Models of Cetacean Density and Distribution in the Central North Pacific, 2015

Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2016

Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America, for the Vessel Surveys for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds project (VSAD survey GU2303) from 2023-06-22 to 2023-08-14 (NCEI Accession 0290373)

Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina, USA from Jan 8,2018 to Jan 26, 2018

Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with photographs and environmental parameters in North Carolina, USA from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 (NCEI Accession 0254384)