Southern right whales distribution in Bahía Nueva, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Argentinean RON

Dataset credit

iOBIS and Argentinean RON

Abstract

Database containing unpublished information about the position of south Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena australis) in the Bahía Nueva (located between 42° 41’ 55’’ S - 64° 59’ 38’’ W and 42° 47´ 08´´ S - 64 ° 57´25´´ W), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. Position of individuals in the bay were recorded by terrestrial triangulation method during August and November of 2003-2005. Samples recorded number of individuals and group composition during the breeding season.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Original data obtained from http://arobis.cenpat.gov.ar/digir/DiGIR.php and registered into iOBIS on 2008-10-01. This dataset on OBIS-SEAMAP is a subset of marine mammal, seabird and/or sea turtle records from the dataset on iOBIS (Total number of records: 725) harvested into OBIS-SEAMAP on 2011-10-11

References

Pérez, D. and Guzmán, J. R.. 2006. Patrones de uso de la Ballena Franca Austral (Eubalaena australis) en la Bahía Nueva (Puerto Madryn). Fundación Ecocentro, Julio Verne 3784, (9120) Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. www.ecocentro.org.ar

Data on iOBIS. 2008. http://iobis.org/mapper/?resource_id=518, obtained on 2011-10-11

Original data source. http://www.cenpat.edu.ar/, obtained on 2008-10-03

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Daniel Perez

Attributes

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downlodable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission unless otherwise noteded below.

The attributes of this dataset are compatible with the OBIS Schema, then reformatted to the OBIS-SEAMAP schema. If you would like to get the data in the OBIS Schema, please visit iOBIS Portal.

SEAMAP ID103150518
Seabirds0
Marine mammals725
Sea turtles0
Total725
Date, Begin2003-11-15
Date, End2005-09-28
Latitudes-42.89 - -42.01
Longitudes-65.04 - -63.57
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
SourceiOBIS
Updated2011-10-12