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Description Gridded abundance map of whale species. This product was developed with DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis), scale is log transformed abundances. The observation of different Whale species were taxonomically pooled to exclude wrong species identifications and create a product representing the Whale abundance of the North Sea. Data was provided by JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee).
Citation: European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODnet) Biology project (www.emodnet-biology.eu), funded by the European Commission’s Directorate - General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE).