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Dataset

title in English

Harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and minke whales in North Sea - Vessel Surveys

Description in English

Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena, white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris, and minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata were assessed at a coastal North Sea study area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Between March 1999 and October 2001, cetacean data were collected using both land- and vesselbased survey methods. A total of 174 sightings of these three cetacean species was recorded during approximately 330 h of combined survey effort (228 h land-based and 102 h vessel-based). The data were collected to analyse the distribution and seasonality of cetacean species in the region, in order to provide recommendations for their long-term conservation and management.

Abstract in English

dataset information available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/425

License

https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html

bibliographicCitation

Weir, C.R., Stockin, K.A. and Pierce, G.J.. 2007. Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and minke whales off Aberdeenshire (UK), north-western North Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK: 87: 327-338. In: OBIS-SEAMAP . OBIS-SEAMAP, http://seamap.env.duke.edu/.

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