Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy - OPA 2018

Michelle Vukovich

doi:10.15468/mvszkt

Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy - OPA 2018

Citation

Normandeau Associates and APEM data prepared for New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. 2019. Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy. NYSERDA. https://doi.org/10.15468/mvszkt accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.

Description

Original provider: NYSERDA, APEM, Normandeau Associates Dataset credits: NYSERDA, Normandeau Associates Inc., APEM Ltd. Abstract: In support of New York State’s commitment to incorporating offshore wind into its energy portfolio, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) embarked on a multi-year ultra- high resolution aerial digital survey of marine resources in a 43,745.20 km2 (12,754.06 mi2) offshore planning area (OPA) in 2016. The OPA encompasses the waters of the New York Bight from Long Island southeast to the continental shelf break. Surveys are conducted on a quarterly basis, timed to coincide with periods of abundance of avian and marine species that could be vulnerable to impacts from offshore wind activities. Each survey collected images covering at least 7% of the OPA. For each survey, approximately 300,000 images were collected within the OPA using a transect design. During the first survey year, special attention was also paid to the wind energy area (WEA) using a more detailed grid survey design, collecting around 100,000 images. Each survey collected images covering at least 10% of the WEA. WEA survey data are in a separate dataset.There was some variation in sampling effort among surveys as a different camera system that captured a larger footprint was used after the Summer 2016 survey.YR3 consists of Survey09 Summer2018, Survey10 Fall2018, Survey11 Winter2018- 19, Survey12 Spring2019. Purpose: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) contracted with Normandeau Associates Inc. (Normandeau) and teaming partner APEM Inc. (APEM) to use high resolution aerial digital imagery to collect data on birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, cartilaginous fish, and other taxa encountered offshore. Surveys are conducted four times a year over three years. The surveys have been designed in light of available historical data and use the latest digital and sensor technology to provide high identification success. Survey results for birds, marine mammals, turtles, and cartilaginous fish are presented in semiannual reports, which will cumulatively provide insight into interseasonal and interannual variation in species composition, densities, and distributions. Reports are available at https://remote.normandeau.com/nys_docs.php. Supplemental information: [2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected. GANNET: Morus => Sulidae BLACK SCOTER: Pluvialis squatarola => Melanitta nigra BLACK TERN: Pterodroma hasitata => Chlidonias niger BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER: Rissa tridactyla => Pluvialis squatarola BLACK-CAPPED PETREL: Melanitta nigra => Pterodroma hasitata BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE: Chlidonias niger => Rissa tridactyla LOGGERHEAD TURTLE: Cheloniidae => Caretta caretta LOGGERHEAD/KEMP'S TURTLE: Caretta caretta => Cheloniidae RED PHALAROPE: Mergus serrator => Phalaropus fulicarius RED/RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: Phalaropus lobatus => Phalaropus RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Phalaropus fulicarius => Mergus serrator RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: Phalaropus => Phalaropus lobatus Transect area is calculated based on the planned aircraft altitude and assumed to be a consistent value. Actual coverage of the area may vary due to fluctuations in the aircraft altitude during the survey. This may result in target observation points being displayed outside the transect area. Tracklines are viewable online as a static layer. The data in 2016 is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1817 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1818 The data in 2017 is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1994

Purpose

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) contracted with Normandeau Associates Inc. (Normandeau) and teaming partner APEM Inc. (APEM) to use high resolution aerial digital imagery to collect data on birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, cartilaginous fish, and other taxa encountered offshore. Surveys are conducted four times a year over three years. The surveys have been designed in light of available historical data and use the latest digital and sensor technology to provide high identification success. Survey results for birds, marine mammals, turtles, and cartilaginous fish are presented in semiannual reports, which will cumulatively provide insight into interseasonal and interannual variation in species composition, densities, and distributions. Reports are available at https://remote.normandeau.com/nys_docs.php.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

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Sampling

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Method steps

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Anas rubripes
common name: American Black Duck rank: species
Haematopus palliatus
common name: American Oystercatcher rank: species
Thunnus thynnus
common name: Atlantic bluefin tuna rank: species
Fratercula arctica
common name: Atlantic Puffin rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Xiphias gladius
common name: Atlantic swordfish rank: species
Alcidae
rank: family
Cetorhinus maximus
common name: basking shark rank: species
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Istiophoridae
common name: billfishes rank: family
Pluvialis squatarola
common name: Black-bellied Plover rank: species
Pterodroma hasitata
common name: Black-capped Petrel rank: species
Chlidonias niger
common name: Black Tern rank: species
Melanitta nigra
common name: Black Scoter rank: species
Chlidonias niger
common name: Black Tern rank: species
Prionace glauca
common name: blue shark rank: species
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
common name: Bonaparte's Gull rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Branta bernicla
common name: Brant rank: species
Bucephala albeola
common name: Bufflehead rank: species
Myliobatis freminvillii
common name: bullnose ray rank: species
Carcharhinidae
rank: family
Mobula tarapacana
common name: sicklefin devil ray rank: species
Rachycentron canadum
common name: cobia rank: species
Sterna
rank: genus
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Somateria mollissima
common name: Common Eider rank: species
Gavia immer
common name: Common Loon rank: species
Mergus merganser
common name: Common Merganser rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Sterna hirundo
common name: Common Tern rank: species
Uria
rank: genus
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Phalacrocoracidae
rank: family
Calonectris diomedea
common name: Cory's Shearwater rank: species
Rhinoptera bonasus
common name: cownose ray rank: species
Myliobatiformes
rank: order
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Alle alle
common name: Dovekie rank: species
Anatidae
common name: Ducks rank: family
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Sterna forsteri
common name: Forster's Tern rank: species
Sulidae
rank: family
Mobula mobular
common name: giant devil ray rank: species
Manta birostris
common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
Larus marinus
common name: Great Black-backed Gull rank: species
Ardea herodias
common name: Great Blue Heron rank: species
Sphyrna mokarran
rank: species
Puffinus gravis
common name: Great Shearwater rank: species
Stercorarius skua
common name: Great Skua rank: species
Podicipedidae
rank: family
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Sphyrnidae
common name: bonnethead sharks rank: family
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Phoca vitulina
common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
Larus argentatus
common name: Herring Gull rank: species
Hirundinidae
rank: family
Podiceps auritus
common name: Horned Grebe rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Larus glaucoides
common name: Iceland Gull rank: species
Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
Leucophaeus atricilla
common name: Laughing Gull rank: species
Sternula antillarum
common name: Least Tern rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Larus fuscus
common name: Lesser Black-backed Gull rank: species
Hydrocoloeus minutus
common name: Little Gull rank: species
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Clangula hyemalis
common name: Long-tailed Duck rank: species
Gaviidae
common name: Divers rank: family
Coryphaena hippurus
common name: dolphinfish rank: species
Anas platyrhynchos
common name: Mallard rank: species
Puffinus puffinus
common name: Manx Shearwater rank: species
Alcidae
rank: family
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Fulmarus glacialis
common name: Northern Fulmar rank: species
Morus bassanus
common name: Northern Gannet rank: species
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Pandion haliaetus
common name: Osprey rank: species
Stercorarius parasiticus
common name: Parasitic Jaeger rank: species
Globicephala
common name: pilot whales rank: genus
Charadrius melodus
common name: Piping Plover rank: species
Kogia breviceps
common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
Chondrichthyes
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: class
Alca torda
common name: Razorbill rank: species
Mergus serrator
common name: Red-breasted Merganser rank: species
Phalaropus lobatus
common name: Red-necked Phalarope rank: species
Phalaropus fulicarius
common name: Red Phalarope rank: species
Phalaropus
rank: genus
Gavia stellata
common name: Red-throated Loon rank: species
Echeneidae
common name: remoras rank: family
Larus delawarensis
common name: Ring-billed Gull rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Sterna dougallii
common name: Roseate Tern rank: species
Thalasseus maximus
common name: Royal Tern rank: species
Sphyrna lewini
common name: scalloped hammerhead rank: species
Melanitta
common name: Scoters rank: genus
Caniformia
common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Elasmobranchii
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
Masturus lanceolatus
common name: sharptail mola rank: species
Procellariidae
common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
Procellariidae
common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
Procellariidae
common name: Fulmars / Petrels / Shearwaters rank: family
Ciconiiformes
common name: Ciconiiformes rank: order
Isurus oxyrinchus
common name: shortfin mako rank: species
Stercorariidae
rank: family
Sphyrna zygaena
common name: smooth hammerhead rank: species
Egretta thula
common name: Snowy Egret rank: species
Puffinus griseus
common name: Sooty Shearwater rank: species
Stercorarius maccormicki
common name: South Polar Skua rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Squalus acanthias
common name: piked dogfish rank: species
Sterna
rank: genus
Oceanodroma
common name: Dark Storm Petrels rank: genus
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Centrarchidae
common name: sunfishes rank: family
Melanitta perspicillata
common name: Surf Scoter rank: species
Laridae
common name: Gulls rank: family
Galeocerdo cuvier
common name: tiger shark rank: species
Perciformes
rank: order
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
Osteichthyes
common name: bony fishes rank: superclass
Mammalia
common name: mammals rank: class
Rhincodon typus
common name: whale shark rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Pelagodroma marina
common name: White-faced Storm Petrel rank: species
Carcharodon carcharias
common name: Great white shark rank: species
Melanitta fusca
common name: Velvet Scoter rank: species
Thunnus albacares
common name: yellowfin tuna rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic,New York Bight

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Michelle Vukovich
originator
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com

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

Michelle Vukovich
owner
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com

Michelle Vukovich
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
email: jwillmott@normandeau.com
homepage: https://remote.normandeau.com