Happywhale - Killer Whale in North Pacific Ocean
Happywhale

Happywhale and contributors

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

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Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 94 contributors in alphabetic order:

Aaron Kreisberg; Adam Ernster; Alain Bidart; Alvaro Jaramillo; Anieke Brombacher; Ben Hagler; Berit Solstad; Blain Anderson; bob schafer; Camilo Rada; Carol Irwin; Carolyn Anderson; Cathy Bacon; chelsea bradley; Chris Witwer; Cynthia; Daniel Cayton; David W Myers II; Deborah Komatsu; Debra Kettler; Dennis Rogers; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Doug Cheeseman; Drew Collins; Edith Simonson; Elke; Emma Luck; Floyd Hayes; Frank Blache; Frank Wurtzel; Gail Koza; Geoff Kerr; Gerard Menut; Gina Ruttle; James F C Hyde IV; James Moskito; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jim Nahmens; Joel Barrett; Jonathan Espin-Hempsall; Joshua Koester; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Julian Clark; Kate Spencer; Kathryn Clouston; Kátia Silva; Kelly Fitzgerald; Kenneth O'Brien; Kirsten; Kirstie Basford; Kristin Campbell; Laura; Laure Patricot; Linn Jackson; Lori & Rich Rothstein; Marcel Vinicius de Morais; Marcus Bergström; Margaret Burks; Maria Sunshine; Marilia Olio; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Girardeau; Mark OBrien; Megan Montes; Michael Jackson; Michelle Cherry; Mike Greenfelder; Nathan Small; Neil McDermott; Nico Heyning; Nicole LaRoche; Nicole Rusch; Nicole Sucre; Nina Kee; Oana Claudia Gasit; Patrick Sysiong; Patrick Wieler; paul garriott; Pedro Jesus Dominguez Mendez; Petra Glardon; Philip Stone; Rae Fellenberg; Raghavan Nair; Robert Bowen; Rob Gons; Scott Veirs; Selena Santos Rivera; Shari Bookstaff; Shelly Erceg; Sigi Wiesner; Tori Bowe; Vicki Beaver; Vincent von Kaenel; Yves Roumazeilles

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 noted below.

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Internal ID
type	Always 'Event'
modified	Last modified
language	Language. Always 'en'
institution_code	Institution code. Always 'Happywhale'
basis_of_record	Basis of record. Always 'HumanObservation'
occurrence_id	Occurrence ID assigned by Happywhale
catalog_number	Catalog number. A link to Happywhale
recorded_by	Person or organization who recorded the data
individual_count	Number of animal. Always 1
sex	Gender of the animal if known
preparations	Method of data collection. Always 'photograph'
occurrence_remarks	Occurrence remarks
organism_id	Organism/animal ID assigned by Happywhale
organism_name	Organism/animal name by provider
organism_remarks	Organism remarks
event_id	Event ID assigned by Happywhale
event_date	Date the picture was taken
event_time	Time the picture was taken in local time zone
higher_geography	Ocean the animal was seen
water_body	Details of ocean
locality	Location of ocean
verbatim_locality	Location of ocean described by the provider
decimal_latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
decimal_longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
geodetic_datum	Geodetic datum. Always 'EPSG:4326 WGS84'
coordinate_precision	Coordinate precision
scientific_name	Scientific name
taxon_rank	Taxon rank
vernacular_name	Common name
license	License for picture
rights_holder	Rights holder
external_resource	Link to the picture (mid size)
external_resource_thumb	Link to the picture (small size)