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Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages
Description in English
Currently there are data from 4 voyages, from the 1990's. Further data will be entered from existing Whale log datasheets on an onging basis. Observing platforms currently only include the ship, Aurora Australis. The quality and quantity of abiotic data associated with observations such as air temperature, sea ice cover etc vary immensely from voyage to voyage. Where possible these data have been entered. This dataset contains no information on estimates of survey effort and cannot be used to derive useful presence/absence spatial coverages of species during this period. It is purely sighting data only. Species distribution data are made available to SCAR-MarBIN (http://www.scarmarbin.be), OBIS and GBIF via the DiGIR protocol and Darwin Core schema.
Abstract in English
Ship-based observations of whales sightings from the original 'ANARE Whale Log' books have been recovered into a single repository of sightings. ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) is the historic acronym for these voyages.
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Watts, D. (2009) Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages , Australian Antarctic Data Centre - CAASM Metadata (http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/)
Version
1.0

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1991-02-07
End date
1997-03-30

Geographical coverage

Spatial
Antarctica

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Biodiversity
Incidental sightings
Southern Ocean
Whales
Whales

Themes

theme
Biology > Mammals

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Cetacea

Ownerships

contactPoint
Dave Watts
contactPoint
Australian Antarctic Division
contributor
Dave Watts
contributor
Australian Antarctic Division
contributor
Dave Watts
contributor
Australian Antarctic Division

Dataset references

record
Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Document metadata

date created
2009-05-15
date modified
2015-01-23