Document of dataset 8304

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
Happywhale - Blue Whale in Arctic Ocean
Description in English

Original provider: Happywhale 

Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors 

Supplemental information: Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 50 contributors in alphabetic order: Adelie Xiaohang Li; Adrian Boyle; Alex Cowan; Andrew Emmerson; Ann; Annette Bombosch; Barbara Messner; Bart Van Gelder; Cees Tineke; Christian Engelke; Conor Ryan; Doug Cheeseman; Doug Gould; Elke; Greta Henderson; Hadleigh Measham; Hannah Brightley; Hans Verdaat; Heidi Krajewsky; Hondius; Jamie Coleman; Jeff Higgott; Jeff Reynolds; Jérôme JACOB; Joel Moore; Joy van der Beek; Katharina Stoll; Keely Crowder; Kerstin Langenberger; Léa Zinsli; Loes de Heus; Marian Herz; Marijke Nita de Boer; Marilia Olio; Marit Pedersen; Mary Want; Menno Schaefer; Nacho Oria; Olivier Blaud; Petra Glardon; Philip Stone; Philip van Dueren; Phil Schultz; Pippa Low; Rémi Bigonneau; Sara Jenner; Sophie Ballagh; Steffo Polar; Tobias Brehm; Ulf Velander

Abstract in English

Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales. 

Contactpoint
Email
ted@happywhale.com
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Happywhale. 2022. Happywhale - Blue Whale in Arctic Ocean. Data originated from Happywhale.com.
Release date
Nov 15 2022 12:00AM

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
2011-06-18
End date
2022-07-29

Geographical coverage

Spatial

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Bio-geographical regions
Biota
Environment
Geoscientific Information
Habitats and biotopes
Metadata non conformant
Metadata not evaluated
No limitations to public access
Occurrence
Oceans
Sea regions
WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
XYZ ASCII

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Balaenoptera musculus

Ownerships

creator
Ted Cheeseman
creator
Happywhale
contributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab
contributor
Ted Cheeseman
contributor
Happywhale
contributor
Ted Cheeseman
contributor
Happywhale
contactPoint
Ted Cheeseman
contactPoint
Happywhale

Dataset references

record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
EMODNET

Document metadata

date created
2023-05-08
date modified
2025-03-26