OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset - CRRU Cetacean sighting in Scotland waters 1997-2010

Dataset credit

Dr. Kevin Robinson, Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit

Abstract

Boat-based cetaceans sightings data collected during dedicated boat-based surveys between the months of May and October, 1997 to 2010 inclusive in the outer southern Moray Firth in north-east Scotland.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

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References

Robinson, K.P., N. Baumgartner, S.M. Eisfeld, N.M. Clark, R.M. Culloch, G.N. Haskins, L. Zapponi, A.R. Whaley, J.S. Weare and M.J. Tetley. 2007. The summer distribution and occurrence of cetaceans in the coastal waters of the outer southern Moray Firth in northeast Scotland (UK). Lutra. 50(1): 19-30

Robinson, K.P., M.J. Tetley and E.G. Mitchelson-Jacob. 2009. The distribution and habitat preference of coastally occurring minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in north-east Scotland. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 13(1): 39-48

Robinson, K.P., S.M. Eisfeld, M. Costa, and M.P. Simmonds. 2010. Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) occurrence in the Moray Firth, northeast Scotland. Marine Biodiversity Records. 3: e55

Contacts

Role	Name	Organization
Primary contact	Kevin Robinson	Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit
Data entry	Ei Fujioka	Duke University

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.

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	Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)
obs_date	date of observation
obs_time	time of observation
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
sp_obs	Species name by provider
sp_tsn	ITIS taxonomic serial number. This field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_count	Group size
seastate	Sea state
no_time	1: no time value provided for the record (represented as 00:00:00)

CRRU Cetacean sighting in Scotland waters 1997-2010 Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit