Dedicated boat-based surveys for marine megafauna in Suriname

Original provider:
Green Heritage Fund of Suriname

Dataset credits:
Monique Pool, Green Heritage Fund of Suriname

Abstract:
The Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) project in Suriname was initiated in 2017. Part of this EU-funded project focussed on collecting all the information regarding marine megafauna within the region (Suriname and Guyana). As part of the MSP project we searched for potential marine mammal data holders and different data-sets were found:
(1) research data: published and unpublished data collected during dedicated (effort-related) marine fauna surveys (where a GPS track was available);
(2) data collected by Marine Fauna Observers during geophysical seismic surveys (without an available GPS track);
(3) Opportunistic data collected without keeping track of effort (e.g. website, social media and other sighting records collected by university students or citizens); and
(4) Systematic land-based observations carried out during sea turtle surveys on Braamspunt. Here you can find all effort-related data regarding research data collected during boat-based
surveys in Suriname.

There are two types of boat-based data:
(1) Small boat-based surveys by Green Heritage Fund Suriname in order to study the Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) in the Suriname River; and
(2) Dedicated marine megafauna boat-based surveys at-sea carried out by
M.N. de Boer and colleagues as part of a PhD study for the University of Wageningen.

原始提供方：苏里南绿色遗产基金（Green Heritage Fund of Suriname）

数据集致谢：莫妮克·普尔（Monique Pool）、苏里南绿色遗产基金（Green Heritage Fund of Suriname）

摘要：
苏里南海洋空间规划（Marine Spatial Planning, MSP）项目于2017年启动，该项目由欧盟资助，其中一项核心工作为收集苏里南与圭亚那海域内所有海洋巨型动物群（marine megafauna）的相关资料。作为该海洋空间规划项目的组成部分，我们排查了潜在的海洋哺乳动物数据持有者，并获取了四类数据集：
(1) 研究数据：指在带有GPS轨迹、记录调查工作量的专门海洋动物调查中采集的已发表与未发表数据；
(2) 地球物理地震勘探期间由海洋动物观察员采集的数据（未附带GPS轨迹）；
(3) 未记录调查工作量的偶遇式观测数据，例如由大学生或市民通过网站、社交媒体及其他目击记录采集的数据；
(4) 在布拉姆斯庞特（Braamspunt）开展海龟调查期间实施的系统性陆地观测。

本数据集收录了苏里南境内船舶调查期间采集的全部与调查工作量相关的研究数据。

船舶调查数据分为两类：
(1) 苏里南绿色遗产基金开展的小型船舶调查，用于研究苏里南河中的圭亚那海豚（Sotalia guianensis）；
(2) 由M.N.德·博尔（M.N. de Boer）及其同事开展的专门海洋巨型动物群船基海上调查，该工作为瓦赫宁根大学（University of Wageningen）博士研究的组成部分。