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SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1081
Citation
Holt, Rennie S., and Stephaine N. Sexton. 1988. Report of a marine mammal survey of the Eastern Tropical Pacific aboard the R/V David Starr Jordan, August 8-December 10, 1987. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-117. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3364

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Description
Data of an eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey designed to monitor and detect trends in populations of dolphins killed in the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery (1986-1990). more

This 1987 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was the second in a series of annual surveys (1986-1990) designed to monitor and detect trends in populations of dolphins killed in the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA ships David Starr Jordan and McArthur for a combined total of approximately 29,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 1987. This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey. The primary purpose of the survey was to collect the information necessary to calculate the relative abundance of those dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific that are taken as a bycatch of the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, I, Pacific, Cetacea

Geographical coverage
I, Pacific [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
8 August 1987 - 9 December 1987

Taxonomic coverage
Cetacea [WoRMS]

Contributors
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Fisheries Service; Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), moredata owner

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Publication
Based on this dataset
Holt, R.S.; Sexton, S.N. (1988). Report of a marine mammal survey of the Eastern Tropical Pacific aboard the research vessel Davis Starr Jordan august 8-december 10,1987. NOAA Technical Memorandum, 117. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Center: California. iv, 10 + tables + figures pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2012-11-14
Information last updated: 2015-04-13
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