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MONICET: Long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020) Citable as data publication Azevedo, J. M. N.; Fernández, M.; González García, L.; (2023) MONICET: long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020). https://doi.org/10.14284/599 Previous versions (3) view Azevedo, J. M. N.; Fernández, M.; González García, L.; (2023) MONICET: long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020) . https://doi.org/10.14284/595 Azevedo, J. M. N.; Fernández, M.; González García, L.; (2022) MONICET: long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020) . https://doi.org/10.14284/593 Azevedo, J. M. N.; Fernández, M.; González García, L.; (2021) MONICET: long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020) . https://doi.org/10.14284/546 Contact: N. Azevedo, José Manuel Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Description The dataset was colected by whale watching companies in the Azores between 2009 and 2020 as a contribution to the long term monitoring of cetaceans. It contains the identification of the species observed, the geographic position of the observation, the life stages and its respective abundance and behavior, as well as related environmental variables (sea state, visibility). more "MONICET is a collaborative platform to collect, organize and disseminate cetacean occurrence data and photo-identification images collected by whale watching companies in the Azores. Data were collected from 2009 to 2020 in collaboration with twelve different whale watching companies located in four different islands: São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial. Data was collected and inserted in the MONICET database by qualified guides or biologists onboard and validated by the research team responsible for the MONICET platform." Scope Themes: Biology > Mammals, Biology > Reptiles Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Distribution records, Ecology, Geographical distribution, Marine mammals, Spatial distribution, Temporal variations, Whale-tourism, ANE, Azores, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Cetacea, Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811, Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843 Geographical coverage ANE, Azores [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -28,9987; MinLat: 37,3118 - MaxLong: -25,0008; MaxLat: 38,908 [WGS84] Temporal coverage 1 January 2009 - 12 December 2020 Taxonomic coverage Parameters Count of marine mammals Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] Horizontal visibility (WMO code) in the atmosphere by visual estimation and conversion to WMO code using table 4300 [BODC] Speed of wind {wind speed} in the atmosphere by visual estimation and conversion to Beaufort scale [BODC] Contributors University of the Azores; Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS, more, data creator University of Lisbon; Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre - Madeira (MARE-Madeira), more, data creator Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI), more, data creator Aquatic Research Network (ARNET), more, data creator Aqua Açores, more, data provider Atlantiangra, more, data provider Azores Experiences, more, data provider Espaço Talassa, more, data provider Futurismo Azores Adventures, more, data provider Ocean Emotion, more, data provider Peter Whale Watch, more, data provider Picos de Aventura, more, data provider Sea Colors, more, data provider Terra Azul, more, data provider Terra do Pico, more, data provider Related datasets Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Publication Based on this dataset Dinis, A. et al. (2021). Large-scale movements of common bottlenose dolphins in the Atlantic: dolphins with an international courtyard. PeerJ 9: e11069. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11069, more Sousa, A. et al. (2021). Climate change vulnerability of cetaceans in Macaronesia: Insights from a trait-based assessment. Sci. Total Environ. 795: 148652. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148652, more Alves, F. et al. (2019). Complex biogeographical patterns support an ecological connectivity network of a large marine predator in the north‐east Atlantic. Diversity Distrib. 25(2): 269-284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12848, more Bencatel, J. et al. (2019). Atlas de mamíferos de Portugal. 2ª Edição. Universidade de Évora: Évora. ISBN 978-989-8550-80-4. 271 pp., more Cecchetti, A. et al. (2019). A first assessment of operator compliance and dolphin behavioural responses during swim-with-dolphin programs for three species of Delphinids in the Azores. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar. = Life Mar. Sci.) 1(36): 23-37. https://dx.doi.org/10.25752/arq.19678 , more Valente, R. et al. (2019). Baleen whales in Macaronesia: occurrence patterns revealed through a bibliographic review. Mamm. Rev. 49(2): 129-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12148, more Alves, F. et al. (2018). Home sweet home? Wide-ranging movements of socially stable resident Delphinids (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Revista Scientia Insularum 1: 37-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.25145/j.SI.2018.01.004, more Fernandez, M. et al. (2018). A matter of timing: how temporal scale selection influences cetacean ecological niche modelling. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 595: 217-231. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12551, more Cecchetti, A. (2017). Effects of tourism operations on the behavioural patterns of dolphin populations off the Azores with particular emphasis on the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). PhD Thesis. Universidade dos Açores: Ponta Delgada. XV pp., more Cecchetti, A. et al. (2017). Short-term effects of tourism on the behaviour of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Azores. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 98(5): 1187-1196. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000674, more Fernández Morrón, M. (2017). Modelling the ecological niche of cetaceans: new perspectives and applications. PhD Thesis. Universidade dos Açores: Ponta Delgada. 21 pp., more Hartman, K.L. et al. (2015). Sex differences in residency patterns of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the Azores: Causes and management implications. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 31(3): 1153-1167. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12209, more URLs Dataset status: In Progress Data type: Data Data origin: Monitoring: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2021-12-07 Information last updated: 2023-04-07 | ||||
