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Cetacean distribution around Mayotte Island Citation Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description This dataset gathers 434 cetacean sightings around the Mozambique Channel island of Mayotte (France). These data were systematically collected during surveys having various objectives (small cetaceans, humpback whales). It includes 18 species, including the dugong, the humpback whale, beaked whales (2 species), sperm whales (3 species) and 11 delphinids.
Effort data will be appended later. Scope Themes: Biology > Mammals Keywords: Marine/Coastal, ISW, Indian Ocean, Cetacea, Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812), Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838), Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781), Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758, Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846), Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765), Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Geographical coverage ISW, Indian Ocean [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 31 July 2004 - 23 June 2006 Taxonomic coverage Cetacea [WoRMS] Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) [WoRMS] Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) [WoRMS] Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) [WoRMS] Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS] Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) [WoRMS] Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) [WoRMS] Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) [WoRMS] Related datasets Published in: OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more URLs Dataset information: Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2012-11-29 Information last updated: 2012-11-29 | ||||
