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Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013
Citation
Boisseau, Oliver. 2014. Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013. Provided by International Fund for Animal Welfare, Song of the Whale Team and downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP on (access date). https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/4870
Contact: Marine Laboratory, more
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Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Description
Databases of visual sightings from the IFAW Song of the Whale vessel from 1993 to 2013 were merged into one dataset. Attributes recorded in these databases may differ. Since GPS data would become too huge to effectively visualize online, every 10th record was extracted. All GPS data can be requested. Environmental attributes were recorded less frequently than the GPS data and not all GPS records get environmental attributes attached.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, GPS, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, research vessel, Sea regions, Song of the Whale, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, A, Atlantic, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Australia, South Australia, MED, Mediterranean, Animalia
Geographical coverage
A, Atlantic [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -74,7454; MinLat: -36,0009 - MaxLong: 138,4473; MaxLat: 68,094 [WGS84]
ISW, Australia, South Australia [Marine Regions]
MED, Mediterranean [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
12 June 1993 - 26 September 2013
Taxonomic coverage
Animalia [WoRMS]
Parameters
Animal sightings
Occurrence of biota
Contributors
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), more, data creator
Boisseau, Oliver
Duke University; Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences; Marine Laboratory, more
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2018-03-13
Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-25
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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