Whitt, A2015Marine mammal records of Cubahttp://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1190OBIS-SEAMAP1190http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1190OBIS-SEAMAPvector digital data
There has been very little research on marine mammals in Cuban waters. Much of the information on marine mammals in this region is buried in historical and gray literature. In order to provide a comprehensive account of marine mammal occurrence in Cuba’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), we reviewed and verified 659 published and unpublished sighting, stranding, capture, and tagging records. Eighteen extant species and four genera have confirmed records for Cuban EEZ waters. This includes 17 species of cetaceans (three baleen whales and 14 toothed whales) and one sirenian species. An additional 11 cetacean species and one extant pinniped species have been reported, but not confirmed, or may have the potential to occur in Cuban waters. Historical records of the Caribbean monk seal (<i>Monachus tropicalis</i>) are documented in Cuba; however, this species is now considered extinct. The only two species that are seen regularly and considered common in Cuban nearshore waters are the common bottlenose dolphin (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) and the West Indian manatee (<i>Trichechus manatus</i>).Please contact data provider[2023-11-07] A couple of species observed were misidentified. Changes made are:
SSHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE: 180429 => 180466
SPOTTED DOLPHIN: 180429 => 180428
SSPERM WHALE: => 180429 => 180488
[2018-04-16] Irregular date of 2069-11-09 was corrected to 1969-11-09.
The temporal precision varies among records and most of the records do not have times (except those from satellite tag detections).
Some of the lat/long had to be estimated because exact locations were not available. For each record, there is a note describing the locations that are exact. As for the estimated lat/long, we estimated some of these just by finding the lat/long of the general location that was mentioned with the record. For some others, we georeferenced the coordinates from old figures of sightings/strandings since the raw data were not available.1520010120081014ground conditionNone plannedCaribbean-86.7458-73.566725.0519
NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologyMarine mammalsVisual SightingVariousStrandingsSightingsCapturesNoneCaribbeanCubaTaxon coveredMarine mammalsIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical addressRefer 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 datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderMysticetiFamilyBalaenopteridaeGenusBalaenopteraSpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataSpeciesBalaenoptera brydeiSpeciesBalaenoptera physalusGenusMegapteraSpeciesMegaptera novaeangliaeSuborderOdontocetiFamilyDelphinidaeGenusGlobicephalaSpeciesGlobicephala macrorhynchusGenusGrampusSpeciesGrampus griseusGenusOrcinusSpeciesOrcinus orcaGenusPseudorcaSpeciesPseudorca crassidensGenusStenellaSpeciesStenella attenuataSpeciesStenella frontalisSpeciesStenella longirostrisGenusStenoSpeciesSteno bredanensisGenusTursiopsSpeciesTursiops truncatusFamilyKogiidaeGenusKogiaSpeciesKogia brevicepsSpeciesKogia simaFamilyHyperoodontidaeGenusMesoplodonSpeciesMesoplodon densirostrisSpeciesMesoplodon europaeusGenusZiphiusSpeciesZiphius cavirostrisFamilyPhyseteridaeGenusPhyseterSpeciesPhyseter macrocephalusOrderCarnivoraSuborderCaniformiaFamilyPhocidaeGenusMonachusSpeciesMonachus tropicalisOrderSireniaFamilyTrichechidaeGenusTrichechusSpeciesTrichechus manatus
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Whitt, A. 2015. Marine mammal records of Cuba. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1190) on yyyy-mm-dd.
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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
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Amy WhittAzura Consulting LLC
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Whitt, A.D., Jefferson, T.A., Blanco, M., Fertl, D., and Rees, D2011A review of marine mammal records of Cubavector digital dataLatin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals9(2): 65-122Halpin, 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. Hyrenbach2009OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributionsvector 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.20231107Point
1e-061e-06Decimal 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)record_noRecord numberData provider1716cuba_eezFlag indicating the location is in the Cuban EEZData providerFlag indicating the location is in the Cuban EEZstatusVerification of records: C=Confirmed, P=Possible, D=DoubtfulData providerVerification of records: C=Confirmed, P=Possible, D=DoubtfulData providersp_obsCommon NameData providerCommon Namescientific_name_orginalScientific Name in the original formatData providerScientific Name in the original formatsp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerrecord_typeRecord TypeData providerRecord TypelocationLocationData providerLocationlatitudeLatitude in decimal degreesData provider19.00000000000025.050000000000longitudeLongitude in decimal degreesData provider-86.745800000000-73.566700000000date_originalDate in original formatData providerDate in original formatobs_dateDate of the record converted from date_originalData provider1520-01-012008-10-14obs_timeTime of the records. Most of the records do not have timeData provider00:00:0021:32:15tprecisionTemporal precisionData providerTemporal precisionData providergroupsize_originalGroup size in original formatData providerGroup size in original formatobs_countGroup size converted from groupsize_originalData provider1100sourceCitation to the literatureData providerCitation to the literaturenotesNotesData providerNotessightedfromNotes on the observation location, coordinate precision etc.Data providerNotes on the observation location, coordinate precision etc.other_notesOther notesData providerOther notesgeomGeometry 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.Amy Whitt
Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.
OBIS-SEAMAP
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OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 1190Not 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.
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Ei Fujioka
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