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 195 contributors in alphabetic order:

Aaron Kreisberg; Adam Ernster; Alain Bidart; Alexander Allison; Alvaro Jaramillo; Angelika Ludwiczak; Angie Wrightson; Anieke Brombacher; Annamarie Dunn; Ben Hagler; Benjamin Lewis Hargrave; Berit Solstad; Bernhard; Bill; bill sturgeon; Blain Anderson; Bob Schafer; Bradley Vanston; Brendan Keane; Bryan McDonald; Camilo Rada; Carol Irwin; Carolyn Anderson; Cathy Bacon; Cecilia Ruiz; chelsea bradley; Cheng-Hui Wong; Chris Biertuempfel; Christian Adlhart; Chris Witwer; Cottele Benny; Curt Finfrock; Cynthia; Daniel Cayton; Dan Olsen; Darrel DeLong; Dave Kutz; David Egelston; David W Myers II; Dawn; Deborah Komatsu; Deborah Mayson; Debra Kettler; Dennis Rogers; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Diane Edmonds; Donna Ikenberry; Doug Cheeseman; Drew Collins; Edith Simonson; Elke; Emma Luck; Emma Nelson; Floyd Hayes; Frank Blache; Frank Wurtzel; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Garden; Geoff Kerr; Gerard Menut; Gina Ruttle; Hadley Gross; Hazel Pittwood; Hugo Cline; james begeman; James F C Hyde IV; James Fiedler; James Moskito; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jennifer Fought; Jennifer Singleton; Jill K Quaintance; Jim Nahmens; Joel Barrett; Johnny Giese; Jonathan Espin-Hempsall; Joshua Koester; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Julian Clark; Julie Huckvale; Justin Hofman; Kate Spencer; Kathleen Roggero; Kathryn Clouston; Kathy Newstead; Kátia Silva; Katie Dunbar; Keith Gourlay; Kelly Boatwright; Kelly Fitzgerald; Kenneth O'Brien; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kirsten; Kirstie Basford; Kootenay Wilderness; Kristin Campbell; Kylie West; Laura; Laura Gurak; Laure Patricot; Linn Jackson; Lori & Rich Rothstein; Lorry; Marcel Vinicius de Morais; Marc Pelissier; Marcus Bergström; Margaret Burks; Maria Sunshine; Marie O'Shaughnessy; Marilia Olio; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Andrew Cornish; Mark Doing; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Girardeau; Mark OBrien; Martin Tassche; Mary Etta Cochran; Mason Donny; Maureen Lien; Megan Montes; Michael Jackson; Michele Parker; Michelle Booth; Michelle Cherry; Mike Doherty; Mike Donald; Mike Greenfelder; Mike Justa; Mindy Groves; Mindy Huston; Miranda Williams; Monica Hofmann; Monica Smith; Nathan Kelley; Nathan Small; Neil McDermott; Nicholas Gray; Nicholas King; Nico Heyning; Nicole; Nicole Dwyer; Nicole LaRoche; Nicole Rusch; Nicole Schriber; Nicole Sucre; Niki Weiss; Nina Kee; NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory; Oana Claudia Gasit; Patrick Sysiong; Patrick Wieler; paul garriott; Paul Pudwell; Pearl Thompson; Pedro Jesus Dominguez Mendez; Peggy Mundy; Peter B McAllister; Peter West Carey; Petra Glardon; Philip Stone; Rachel Gearhart; Rae Fellenberg; Raghavan Nair; Rémi Bigonneau; Rhonda Glisson; Richard Sidey; Rilee Currie; Robert Bowen; Rob Gons; Robyn Case; Roger Davis; Sabine Threin; Sara Franson; Sara Kirlin; sara ryan; Scott Spickler; Scott Veirs; Selena Santos Rivera; shannon; Shari Bookstaff; Shelby Nielson; Shelly Erceg; Sigi Wiesner; Ted Cheeseman; Teresa cue; Tess Chapman; Tori Bowe; Trinitie Seeber; Vicki Beaver; Vincent von Kaenel; Wally’s Whales Tales; Wayne Staples; 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)