PIFSC, Marine Mammal Survey, HICEAS 2017, Cruise 1705/1706, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)

Marie C. Hill

doi:10.25923/7avn-gw82

PIFSC, Marine Mammal Survey, HICEAS 2017, Cruise 1705/1706, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)

Citation

Yano, K.M., E.M. Oleson, J.L. Keating, L.T. Ballance, M.C. Hill, A.L. Bradford, A.N. Allen, T.W. Joyce, J.E. Moore, and A. Henry. 2018. Cetacean and seabird data collected during the Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS), July–December 2017. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-PIFSC-72. 110 p. https://doi.org/10.25923/7avn-gw82 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Original provider: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Abstract: The Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS) of 2017 was a large-scale ship survey for cetaceans and seabirds within U.S. waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. HICEAS 2017 was the third of its kind using many of the same methods and encompassing the same study area as surveys which occurred in 2002 (Barlow et al. 2006) and 2010 (Bradford et al. 2017). The 2017 survey represented the first Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey conducted as part of the Pacific Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (PacMAPPS), a partnership between NOAA Fisheries, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), U.S. Navy, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. PacMAPPS includes rotational ship surveys in regions of joint interest throughout the Pacific designed to estimate the abundance of cetaceans and seabirds and to assess the ecosystems supporting these species. HICEAS 2017 was a collaborative survey between the Pacific Islands and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers (PIFSC and SWFSC). The survey took place from 6 July to 1 December 2017, aboard the NOAA Ships Oscar Elton Sette and Reuben Lasker, spanning 7 survey “legs” and 179 days-at-sea across both ships. Purpose: The primary goals of HICEAS 2017 were to collect data required to estimate the abundance and distribution, examine the population structure, and understand the habitat of cetaceans within U.S. waters around the Hawaiian Islands. There were 5 major research components to HICEAS 2017: ● visual observations for cetaceans following a line-transect survey design; ● passive acoustic monitoring for cetaceans using towed hydrophone arrays, sonobuoys, and autonomous drifting acoustic recorders; ● collection of photographs and tissue samples and deployment of satellite tags for select cetacean groups; ● visual observations for seabirds following a strip-transect survey design; and ● ecosystem measurements for assessment of cetacean and seabird habitat. Supplemental information: Data from survey legs aboard Oscar Elton Sette (Cruise ID: 1706) and Reuben Lasker (Cruise ID: 1705) were merged. Survey tracks include on-effort segments only. Attributes for fields within the trackline files: Cruise - see description in attribute table below segnum - segment number for continuous on-effort line Date - Local date m/dd/yyyy TimeStart - Local time at start of on-effort segment LatStart - Latitude in decimal degrees at starting point of on-effort segment LongStart - Longitude in decimal degrees at starting point of on-effort segment TimeEnd - Local time at end of on-effort segment LatEnd - Latitude in decimal degrees at end point of on-effort segment LongEnd - Longitude in decimal degrees at end point of on-effort segment Mode - see description in attribute table below EffType - see description in attribute table below avgSpdKt - average speed (knots) of the ship over the on-effort segment traveled avgBft - average Beaufort Sea State over the on-effort segment

Purpose

The primary goals of HICEAS 2017 were to collect data required to estimate the abundance and distribution, examine the population structure, and understand the habitat of cetaceans within U.S. waters around the Hawaiian Islands. There were 5 major research components to HICEAS 2017: ● visual observations for cetaceans following a line-transect survey design; ● passive acoustic monitoring for cetaceans using towed hydrophone arrays, sonobuoys, and autonomous drifting acoustic recorders; ● collection of photographs and tissue samples and deployment of satellite tags for select cetacean groups; ● visual observations for seabirds following a strip-transect survey design; and ● ecosystem measurements for assessment of cetacean and seabird habitat.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Lagenodelphis hosei
common name: Fraser's Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Peponocephala electra
common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
Feresa attenuata
common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Kogia breviceps
common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Mesoplodon densirostris
common name: Blainville's Beaked Whale rank: species
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Indopacetus pacificus
common name: Longman's Beaked Whale rank: species
Balaenopteridae
common name: rorquals rank: family
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera edeni
common name: Eden's whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Kogia
common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Monachus schauinslandi
common name: Hawaiian Monk Seal rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Pacific,Hawaii,California

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Marie C. Hill
originator
position: Primary contact
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
email: Marie.Hill@noaa.gov

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

Marie C. Hill
owner
position: Primary contact
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
email: Marie.Hill@noaa.gov

Marie C. Hill
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
email: Marie.Hill@noaa.gov