Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach2009Version 1.0.0Oceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtleVersion 1.0.0 This is an OBIS formatted version of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Maritimes Region database for visual sightings of cetaceans (e.g. whales, dolphins and porpoises) and other large pelagic animals (e.g. fish and turtles) mostly from the Scotian Shelf/Bay of Fundy portions of Canada's east coast. The collectors of these sightings are diverse (e.g. NGO researchers, fisheries observers, private consultants, etc), mostly on-board ship and mostly collected since the late 1990s. The horizontal resolution of the data (e.g. distance between sightings) varies by a vast amount - just metres in some areas like the Bay of Fundy, and tens to thousands of kilometers elsewhere, like off northern Labrador. A small portion of the database (e.g. DFO Survey) are standardized marine mammal survey data, where a line transect sightings survey is conducted and sightings effort is logged. Only these survey data allow for the calculation of Sightings Per Unit Effort and the use of Distance Sampling methods, leading to a statistically-based, unbiased abundance estimate. The design and structure of the main project database is consistent with other DFO databases and with the University of Rhode Island (URI) whale sightings database. Departures from the URI standard (mainly species and gear codes) are easily translated by users of either database. This database is a compilation of a number of datasets, most of the data being gathered opportunistically. More detailed information on the individual sightings, human interactions and animal behaviour are available from the source database and the resource creator should be contacted.Please contact data providerObservations archived in a regional database. Here are the caveats that are supplied to users who request records from the source database (similiar caveats should be applied to the OBIS dataset): 1. These data are intended only for the specified user and purpose for which they were requested and should not be distributed to others. 2. The sighting data have not yet been completely error-checked 3. The quality of some of the sighting data is unknown. Most sightings are collected on an opportunistic basis and observations may come from individuals with a variety of expertise in marine mammal identification experiences. 4. Most data have been gathered from platforms of opportunity that were vessel-based. The inherent problems with negative or positive reactions by cetaceans to the approach of such vessels have not yet been factored into the data 5. Sighting effort has not been quantified (i.e., the numbers cannot be used to estimate true species density or abundance for an area). Lack of sightings do not represent lack of species present in a particular area 6. Numbers sighted have not been verified (especially in light of the significant differences in detectability among species). 7. For completeness, these data represent an amalgamation of sightings from a variety of years and seasons. Effort (and number of sightings) is not necessarily consistent among months, years, and areas. There are large gaps between years. Thus seasonal, depth, and distribution information should be interpreted with caution. 8. Many sightings could not be identified to species, but are listed to the smallest taxonomic group possible. Study Extent: Areas of interest to Canadian research extending from the North Atlantic to the arctic and to the North Pacific. Quality Control: Scientific names listed in the source database species list have been mapped to recognized standards - marine taxa have been mapped to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). The respective codes(WoRMS AphiaIDs) have been included in this resource in the scientificNameID field as LSIDs. Step Description 1: This resource was created by the data provider for OBIS Canada. Records were downloaded from the source database and and an OBIS view of the collection was created. DwC fields were populated after consultation between the resource creator and the OBIS Canada data management team. This is the 5th version of this OBIS dataset. The original data records were archived in the Fisheries and Oceans Maritimes SABS cetacean database. In the original data downloaded from the OBIS Canada IPT server, there were 91 records that were potential duplicates with the existing OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. These records are removed from the online mapping tools but are included in the dataset download.1966071720141220ground conditionCompleteNone plannedNorth Atlantic-173.644-11.1066774.64211.911 NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologySeabirdsMarine mammalsSea turtlesVisual SightingVariousNoneNorth AtlanticNorth PacificTaxon coveredMarine mammalsseabirdsSea turtlesRays and sharksIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical address

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Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderMysticetiFamilyBalaenidaeGenusBalaenaSpeciesBalaena mysticetusGenusEubalaenaSpeciesEubalaena glacialisFamilyBalaenopteridaeGenusBalaenopteraSpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataSpeciesBalaenoptera borealisSpeciesBalaenoptera musculusSpeciesBalaenoptera physalusGenusMegapteraSpeciesMegaptera novaeangliaeFamilyEschrichtiidaeGenusEschrichtiusSpeciesEschrichtius robustusSuborderOdontocetiFamilyMonodontidaeGenusDelphinapterusSpeciesDelphinapterus leucasFamilyDelphinidaeGenusDelphinusSpeciesDelphinus delphisGenusFeresaSpeciesFeresa attenuataGenusGlobicephalaSpeciesGlobicephala melasGenusGrampusSpeciesGrampus griseusGenusLagenorhynchusSpeciesLagenorhynchus acutusSpeciesLagenorhynchus albirostrisSpeciesLagenorhynchus obliquidensGenusOrcinusSpeciesOrcinus orcaGenusStenellaSpeciesStenella coeruleoalbaSpeciesStenella frontalisGenusTursiopsSpeciesTursiops truncatusFamilyHyperoodontidaeGenusHyperoodonSpeciesHyperoodon ampullatusGenusMesoplodonSpeciesMesoplodon bidensGenusZiphiusSpeciesZiphius cavirostrisFamilyPhocoenidaeGenusPhocoenaSpeciesPhocoena phocoenaGenusPhocoenoidesSpeciesPhocoenoides dalliFamilyPhyseteridaeGenusPhyseterSpeciesPhyseter macrocephalusOrderCarnivoraSuborderCaniformiaFamilyOtariidaeGenusCallorhinusSpeciesCallorhinus ursinusGenusEumetopiasSpeciesEumetopias jubatusFamilyPhocidaeGenusCystophoraSpeciesCystophora cristataGenusErignathusSpeciesErignathus barbatusGenusHalichoerusSpeciesHalichoerus grypusGenusHistriophocaSpeciesHistriophoca fasciataGenusPagophilusSpeciesPagophilus groenlandicusGenusPhocaSpeciesPhoca larghaSpeciesPhoca vitulinaGenusPusaSpeciesPusa hispidaFamilyOdobenidaeGenusOdobenusSpeciesOdobenus rosmarusFamilyUrsidaeGenusUrsusSpeciesUrsus maritimusClassReptiliaOrderTestudinesSuborderCryptodiraSuperfamilyChelonioideaFamilyCheloniidaeSubfamilyCarettinaeGenusCarettaSpeciesCaretta carettaSubfamilyCheloniinaeGenusCheloniaSpeciesChelonia mydasFamilyDermochelyidaeGenusDermochelysSpeciesDermochelys coriaceaClassChondrichthyesSubclassElasmobranchiiSuperorderEuselachiiOrderLamniformesFamilyCetorhinidaeGenusCetorhinusSpeciesCetorhinus maximusOrderCarcharhiniformesFamilyCarcharhinidaeGenusPrionaceSpeciesPrionace glaucaClassAvesOrderCharadriiformesFamilyAlcidaeGenusFraterculaSpeciesFratercula arcticaFamilyLaridaeSpeciesLeucophaeus atricillaOrderProcellariiformesFamilyProcellariidaeGenusPuffinusSpeciesPuffinus gravis Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.Provider specific constraints: Researchers should respect the following rights statement: rights: http://data.gc.ca/eng/open-government-licence-canada & http://www.canadensys.net/norms rights holder: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility. For information purposes, email to info@iobis.org the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part. OBIS-SEAMAP standard constraints: 1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Suggested citation for this dataset: Harris, Lei E. 2015. DFO Maritimes Region Cetacean Sightings. Version 6 In OBIS Canada Digital Collections. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. Published by OBIS, Digital http://www.iobis.org/ Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115 2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references. 3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers 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. 4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP. 5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses. 6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Mary KennedyBedford Institute of Oceanography mailing and physical address DartmouthCanada unknownMary.Kennedy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Relational database OBIS & OBIS CanadaHarris, Lei E2015vector digital dataVersion 6 In OBIS Canada Digital Collections. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaPublished by OBIS, Digital http://www.iobis.org/Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach2009vector digital dataOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider. Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System. All observation records are included.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20160811Point 0.00010.0001Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984WGS_1984 6378137.000000298.257224 Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)idID of the dataset in OBISData providerID of the dataset in OBISmodifiedThe date of the record updatedData providerThe date of the record updatedlanguageLanguage (alwaysData providerLanguage (alwaysrightsLinks to the copyright documentsData providerLinks to the copyright documentsrightsholderRight holderData providerRight holderinstitutionidInstitution IDData providerInstitution IDdatasetidDataset IDData providerDataset IDinstitutioncodeInstitution codeData providerInstitution codecollectioncodeCollection codeData providerCollection codedatasetnameDataset nameData providerDataset namebasisofrecordBasis of record "HumanObservation"Data providerBasis of record "HumanObservation"dynamicpropertiesDynamic propertiesData providerDynamic propertiesoccurrenceiddefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedcatalognumberCatalog numberData provider13121631recordedbyInstitute that recorded the dataData providerInstitute that recorded the dataindividualcountdefinition not providedData provider0999sexdefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedlifestagedefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedsamplingprotocoldefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedeventtimedefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedyearYearData provider19662014monthMonthData provider112dayDayData provider131fieldnumberdefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedminimumdepthinmetersdefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedmaximumdepthinmetersdefinition not providedData providerdefinition not provideddecimallatitudedefinition not providedData provider11.91100074.642000decimallongitudedefinition not providedData provider-173.644000-11.106670scientificnameidScientific name IDData providerScientific name IDscientificnamedefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedkingdomKingdomData providerKingdomphylumPhylumData providerPhylumclassClassData providerClassorder_OrderData providerOrderfamilyFamilyData providerFamilygenusGenusData providerGenussubgenusSubgenusData providerSubgenusspecificepithetSpecificepithetData providerSpecificepithetinfraspecificepithetInfraspecificepithetData providerInfraspecificepithetscientificnameauthorshipAuthorshipData providerAuthorshipobs_datedefinition not providedData provider1966-07-172014-12-20obs_timeTime of the observation (local time zone)Data provider00:01:0023:59:00sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider159786824079geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPThis 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.OBIS Canada Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. OBIS-SEAMAP mailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 1144Not 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. CSV and ESRI shapefile OBIS-SEAMAP Free Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site. 2016081120160811 Ei Fujioka Nicholas School, Duke Universitymailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profile