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Survey effort, baleen whale sightings, and biopsy samples collected from Rice's whale (Balaenoptera ricei) by NOAA SEFSC from 2004-05-05 to 2019-07-31 (NCEI Accession 0306474)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted 16 shipboard surveys in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico) between 2004 and 2019. This dataset includes data on survey effort, baleen whale sightings, photographs, and biopsy samples that were collected during these surveys and used to develop a photo-identification catalog for Rice’s whales (Balaenoptera ricei). This dataset also includes three opportunistically collected photos of whales. One photo each was provided by a member of the public, researchers from Oregon State University (O.S.U.) Marine Mammal Institute, and stranding responders from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory (FWC-MMPL).

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0306474 biological data Biopsy cetacean images LATITUDE LONGITUDE MARINE MAMMALS BIG EYE BINOCULARS camera dart biopsy gun imagery in situ survey - biological visual observation NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter NOAA Ship Pisces SEFSC - Miami Lab SEFSC - Pascagoula/Stennis Lab University of Miami SEFSC - Miami Lab Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS) Gulf of America Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce AMAPPS > Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species GOMMAPPS > Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species NOAA’s RESTORE Science Program University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MARINE MAMMALS Baleen whales Biological Sampling CETACEANS Cetacean Gulf of America PHOTOGRAPH Rice's whales VISUAL OBSERVATIONS biological data biopsy marine mammals photograph sighting BIG EYE BINOCULARS CAMERA > CAMERA Dart Biopsy Gun BIG EYE BINOCULARS CAMERA DART BIOPSY GUN SHIPS Ships GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) PISCES (call sign: WTDL, ICES code: 334B, 2009-) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO YK62GT

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0306474
issued 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
references 
[
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/467a-0518",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/hxtw-wj12",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/971y-ad41",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/gbap-g480",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/cg2b-4j98",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/8b6m-y457",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/qjjy-6c68",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/w61z-mk03",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/3jjh-dr85",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/xdnn-wg78",
  "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029715",
  "https://doi.org/10.14284/170",
  "https://marinemammalscience.org",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/4551",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/16614"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -81.0185,25.03436,-96.33367,30.141789
temporal 2004-05-05T00:00:00+00:00/2019-07-31T00:00:00+00:00

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