Cuvier's Beaked Whale and Fin Whale Surveys at the Southern California Offshore Anti-submarine Warfare Range (SOAR)
Citation
Schorr GS, Rone BK, Falcone EA, Keene EL, Sweeney, DA. 2019. Cuvier's beaked whale and fin whale surveys at the Southern California Offshore Anti-Submarine Warfare Ranges (SOAR). Final Report to the US Navy Pacific Fleet Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program, Award No. N66604-18-P-2187 and Interim Report to the Cooperative Agreement Studies Unit, Award No. N62473-19-2-0025. 54 pg. https://doi.org/10.15468/dfa6kc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-31.Description
Original provider: Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research Dataset credits: Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research Abstract: The United States (US) Navy uses the Southern California (SOCAL) portion of the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing area, a collection of nearshore and offshore training areas that include much of the navigable water from Santa Barbara Island, California, to northern Baja California, Mexico, and extending several hundred miles to the west. It is among one of the most heavily used tactical training areas in the world, and is used for a variety of aerial, surface, and subsurface exercises. The Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE) is a subset of complexes within SOCAL centered on San Clemente Island and managed via the Range Operation Center (ROC) on North Island, Coronado. It includes the Southern California Anti-submarine Warfare Range (SOAR), a focal area for exercises involving mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS) systems within the San Nicolas Basin. Through its N45 Living Marine Resources (LMR) research programs, and more recently in support of Pacific Fleet Monitoring efforts, the US Navy has funded directed studies on cetacean occurrence on SOAR since 2006. The primary focus of these studies is to support long-term surveys of Cuvier’s beaked whales and fin whales using photo-identification (photo-ID) and genetics to elucidate population size, structure, and trends, which can in turn provide a particularly robust basis for assessing population-level impacts of Navy training. Data is collected on all species encountered in this region as part of the monitoring program. Purpose: Data from this project is collected to better understand the movement and habitat use of cetaceans within and around the Southern California Bight (SCB). The SCB is home to a diverse group of cetacean species, and is an area of significant human impacts, including commercial shipping, Navy training, and recreational boating. Supplemental information: These surveys were funded by Fleet for Southern California.Purpose
Data from this project is collected to better understand the movement and habitat use of cetaceans within and around the Southern California Bight (SCB). The SCB is home to a diverse group of cetacean species, and is an area of significant human impacts, including commercial shipping, Navy training, and recreational boating.Sampling Description
Study Extent
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Balaenoptera acutorostratacommon name: Common Minke Whale rank: species
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Balaenoptera edenicommon name: Eden's whale rank: species
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Balaenopteracommon name: baleen whales rank: genus
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Balaenoptera musculuscommon name: Blue Whale rank: species
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Balaenoptera physaluscommon name: Fin Whale rank: species
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Berardius bairdiicommon name: Baird's Beaked Whale rank: species
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Delphinus capensiscommon name: Long-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
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Delphinus delphiscommon name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
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Delphinuscommon name: common dolphins rank: genus
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Dermochelys coriaceacommon name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
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Eschrichtius robustuscommon name: Gray Whale rank: species
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Globicephala macrorhynchuscommon name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
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Grampus griseuscommon name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
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Lagenorhynchus obliquidenscommon name: Pacific White-sided Dolphin rank: species
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Lissodelphis borealiscommon name: Northern Right Whale Dolphin rank: species
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Megaptera novaeangliaecommon name: Humpback Whale rank: species
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Orcinus orcacommon name: Killer Whale rank: species
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Phoca vitulinacommon name: Harbor Seal rank: species
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Tursiops truncatuscommon name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
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Cetaceacommon name: cetaceans rank: order
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Cetaceacommon name: cetaceans rank: order
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Ziphius cavirostriscommon name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Southern California,Pacific
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Brenda Roneoriginator
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Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research
email: brenda.rone@marecotel.org
homepage: http://www.marecotel.org/staff.html
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Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
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OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
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Brenda Rone
owner
position: Primary contact
Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research
email: brenda.rone@marecotel.org
homepage: http://www.marecotel.org/staff.html
Brenda Rone
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research
email: brenda.rone@marecotel.org
homepage: http://www.marecotel.org/staff.html