Happywhale - Risso's dolphin in North Pacific Ocean

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 125 contributors in alphabetic order:

Abhilash Khare; Alex Lamoreaux; Alicia Del Toro; Allie Smith; Alvaro Jaramillo; Amanda Colbert; Amanda Urena; August Andrews; Avery Fretwell; Becky O'Neill; Ben Hagler; Bonnie Furman; Bradley Vanston; Brian Gibbs; Bruce Weyermann; Carey Bergman; Chelsea Bradley; Chestina; Christian Harvey; Colette English; Colleen Talty; Craig Emery; Dale Frink; Dane McDermott; Daniel Bianchetta; David Bailey; David Beeninga; David Brown; Deirdre Doyle; Delaney Trowbridge; Doug Cheeseman - †; Douglas Croft; Eleanor Kotler; Elizabeth; Elizabeth Robinson; Emily Tate; Era Horton; Eric Austin Yee; Erich Starzinger; Erin T.; Evan Brodsky; Faith Goodlow; Fiadh McCaffery; Gail Koza; Gerard Menut; Gordon Gates; Hadley Gross; Ian Bullock; Isabel; jackie schwiesow; James Moskito; Jamie Lee Peterson; Jeff Fairbanks; Jennifer Stoudt; Jeremy Hathaway; Joe Meuleman; Johanna Domise; John Collas; Josh; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Kate Pennington; Kate Spencer; Katherine E.; Kathleen White; Keith Grundy; Ken Schultz; Kirsten MacTaggart; Kourtney Burger; Krystal Nguyen; Laura Lopez; Leigh Anderson; Leslie Rapp; Lisa Boyle; Logan Pallin; Lory Barra; Mallory Emerson; Marilia Olio; Mark Girardeau; Mark OBrien; Martina Bartolini; Maryjanna Drummond; Mason Donny; Max Block; Maxim Cheeran; McKenna Miller; Megan Hillyer; Megan Ireland; Mella Re; mengti yang; Michael Pierson; Molly Batts; Monika Wieland Shields; Morgan Quimby; Mya; Nico Heyning; Nicola Manu; Nina Moysi; Oksana Savenko; Paige Siegel; Patrick Chauvet; Peter Bedrossian; Rebecca Malkewicz; R.J. Adams; Robin Lowe; Robin Rowland; Rose Franklin; Ryan A. Vienna; Ryan Lawler; Sam Fellows; Saniya Rahim; Sara Franson; Sarah Grimes; Sara Sundberg; steve; Susanne Meyer; Swadha Awasthi; Sydney Minges; Ted Cheeseman; Tracy Desiderio; Trinitie Seeber; Trinity Casarez; Warren_G_Asher; Warren Zimmer; Wiebke Jahr; Wyss Daniel

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

Overview

Attributes are defined by Happywhale.com.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

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
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)