The North Atlantic Finback Whale Catalogue is a sightings based, life history dataset of individual finback whales, inhabiting the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Established in 1986 as a collaborative repository for several independent collections of photographically-identified finback whales, the NAFWC is comprised of photographic sightings, referenced by a whale identifying number, and date and location of the sighting. Individual identifications are based on morphological variations in dorsal fin shape, body pigment and patterns of scarring which provide a matrix of characters on which to qualify the identification as outlined in Agler, et al. (1992). The majority of Catalogue sightings are obtained from coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine, during summer months from 1978 to the present, aboard both opportunistic and directed survey vessels.<br>
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Reference<br>
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Agler et al. 1992. The Use of Photographic-Identification for Studying Individual Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus, in the Gulf of Maine. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 42:711-722.
College of the Atlantic, Allied Whale
2004-03-11 13:19:55.828648-05
Allied Whale North Atlantic Finback Whale Catalogue
seamap72
vector digital data
http://www.coa.edu/alliedwhale
http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail_test/72
OBIS-SEAMAP
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OBIS-SEAMAP
ground condition
1977-07-22 00:00:00-04
1991-09-29 00:00:00-04
None planned
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Shapefile
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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Refer to the contact information of the dataset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Mammalia
Subclass
Theria
Infraclass
Eutheria
Order
Cetacea
Suborder
Mysticeti
Family
Balaenopteridae
Genus
Balaenoptera
Species
Balaenoptera physalus
Ballena de aleta
fin whale
finback whale
rorqual commun
OBIS-SEAMAP
Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.
mailing and physical address
A321 LSRC
Durham
NC
27708
USA
919-613-8021
dataman@obis.env.duke.edu
http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/metadata/standards/index.html
Biological Data Profile
OBIS-SEAMAPNicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.mailing and physical addressA321 LSRCDurhamNC27708USA919-613-8021dataman@obis.env.duke.eduNot to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.
Also please refer to Use Constraints.GCS_WGS_1984Decimal degrees0.0001670.000167D_WGS_1984WGS_19846378137.000000298.257224