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Orca observations on Macquarie Island Citation Watts, D. (2006) Orca observations on Macquarie Island, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - CAASM. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/916 Contact: Watts, Dave Availability: This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Description This dataset contains sporadic shore based observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Macquarie Island from 1989 to 1998 (inclusive). more The following data are included in the dataset: Date and time of observation (Australian Eastern Standard Time) The name of the observer The location of the observation (the beach or bay from which the observation was made). The latitude and longitude of the sighted animal (WGS84). The seks of the animal (M=Male, F=Female) (where available). Lifestage of the animal (where available). The observed individual count. Extra notes relating to the observation. Scope Themes: Biology > Mammals Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Macquarie I., Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographical coverage Macquarie I. [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 28 December 1989 - 23 January 1998 Taxonomic coverage Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS] Contributors Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), more, data creator Related datasets Published in: AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more URLs Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research Metadatarecord created: 2013-07-26 Information last updated: 2013-07-26 |