Happywhale - Killer Whale in North Pacific Ocean

Happywhale and contributors

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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 332 contributors in alphabetic order:

Aaron Kreisberg; Adam Ernster; adam maire; Adrian Boyle; Aimee; Alain Bidart; Alayna Hawkins; Alexander Allison; Alexia Skrbic; Alvaro Gabaldon; Alvaro Jaramillo; Amanda Urena; andrea Laughlin; Angelika Ludwiczak; Angie Wrightson; Anieke Brombacher; Anika Miskar; Anna Astafurova; Anna Blake; Annalese Bletsch; Annamarie Dunn; Anthony Perella; Ashley Ruis; Avery Williamson; Avi Anand; Becker Juergen; Ben Hagler; Benjamin Lewis Hargrave; Benjamin Shulman; Berit Solstad; Bernhard; beth holiman; Bill; bill sturgeon; Blain Anderson; Blake Kremer; Bobby Ellithorpe; Bob Lippert; Bob Schafer; Bonnie Furman; Bradley Vanston; Breck Morrison; Brendan Keane; Brooke Schafer; Bryan McDonald; Camilo Rada; Carey Bergman; Carlos Navarro; Caroline Kempton; Caroline Patterson; Carol Irwin; Carol May; Carolyn Anderson; carter cox; Cecilia Ruiz; Celia Garland; Chawki; chelsea bradley; Chelsie Corcoran; Cheng-Hui Wong; Chris Biertuempfel; Chris Hill; Christian Adlhart; Christian Harvey; Christy Ware; Chris Witwer; Clint Walden; Cottele Benny; Curt Finfrock; Cynthia; Dakota Osborne; Dale Frink; Daniel Cayton; Danielle Colosimo; Darrel DeLong; Dave Kutz; David Brown; David Egelston; David mcdonald; David W Myers II; Dawn; Deanna Kelsey; Deborah Komatsu; Deborah Mayson; Debra Kettler; Declan Troy; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Diana Pugh; Diane Kayser; Donna Ikenberry; Doug Cheeseman; Douglas F Smith, Jr; Edith Simonson; Elizabeth Robinson; Elke; Eloise Russell; Emily Tate; Emma Luck; Emma Nelson; Eric Austin Yee; Eric G Horvath; Erin Underwood; Evan Brodsky; Floyd Hayes; Frank Blache; Frank Rotter; Frank Wurtzel; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Garden; Geoff Kerr; Gerard Menut; Gina Ruttle; Ginger Frizzell; Hadley Gross; Hazel Pittwood; Holly Cannon; Hongming Zheng; Hugo Cline; Jada Hector; james begeman; James Coyer; James F C Hyde IV; James Fiedler; James Moskito; James New; Jana Johnson; Jared Cox; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jeff Muncy; Jennifer Fought; Jennifer Singleton; Jeremy Hathaway; Jessica Adams; Jill K Quaintance; Jim Lewis; Jim Nahmens; Joel Barrett; Joe Meuleman; John Moran; Johnny Giese; Jonathan Espin-Hempsall; Joshua Koester; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Joyce Xu; Julian Clark; Juliane Schlei; Julie Franklyn; Julie Huckvale; Justin Cox; Justin Hofman; Kaleena Smith; Kate Spencer; Katherine McDermott; Kathleen Roggero; Kathryn Clouston; Kathryn Picardo; Kathy Newstead; Kátia Silva; Katie Dunbar; Kayla Doucette; Kayvon; Keith Gourlay; Kellie Sorensen; Kelly Boatwright; Kelly Fitzgerald; Kelly M Coursey Gray; Ken Campbell; Kendra Krasin; Kenneth O'Brien; Ken Rapp; Keri Bergman; Kimberly Kempfer; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kimberly Nielsen; Kimberly Roberts; Kim Weiss; Kirsten; Kirstie Basford; Kristin Campbell; Kylie West; Laura; Laura Gurak; Laura Santillan; Laure Patricot; Liam Ragan; Linda Brown; Linn Jackson; Lisa Roudabush; Lisa Walker; Lori & Rich Rothstein; Lorry; Mairead Norton; Marc Pelissier; Marcus Bergström; Margaret Burks; Maria Sunshine; Marie O'Shaughnessy; Marilia Olio; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Doing; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Girardeau; Mark Huff; Mark OBrien; Martin Tassche; Mary Etta Cochran; Mason Donny; matt ziegler; Maureen Lien; Max Block; Maya Taffs; McKenna Miller; Megan Hillyer; Megan Montes; Michael Jackson; Michael Pierson; Michele Falivene; Michele Parker; Michèle Vogel; Michelle Booth; Michelle Cherry; Mike Doherty; Mike Donald; Mike Greenfelder; Mike Justa; Mindy Groves; Mindy Huston; Miranda Williams; Monica Hofmann; Monica Smith; Natalie Kervin; Nathan Kelley; Nathan Small; National Geographic Sea Bird; Neil McDermott; Neil Nesheim; Nicholas Gray; Nicholas King; Nick Hamill; Nico Heyning; Nicole; Nicole Dwyer; Nicole LaRoche; Nicole Rusch; Nicole Schriber; Nicole Sucre; Niki Weiss; Nina Kee; NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML); Norman Daniel Mendez Pick; Oana Claudia Dinescu; Oliver Vossen; Patricia Morine; Patrick Sysiong; Patrick Wieler; Paul D; paul garriott; Paul Pudwell; Pearl Thompson; Pedro Jesus Dominguez Mendez; Peggy Mundy; Peter B McAllister; Petra Glardon; Petra Stolz; Philip Stone; Rachel Gearhart; Rae Fellenberg; Raghavan Nair; Ralph Lee Hopkins; Rayne Billings; Reg James; Rhonda Glisson; Rhys Watkin; Richard Sidey; Richard Weber; Rilee Currie; Riley Hansen; Robert Bowen; Robert Perry; Robin Alexis; Robin Froman; Robyn Case; Roger Davis; Rogier Gruys; Ron Niebrugge; rosann anderson; Sabine Threin; Sanne Bakkers; Sara Franson; Sarah McNamara; Sara Kirlin; sara ryan; Sara Wise; Scottie Schmidt; Scott Spickler; Scott Veirs; Sean McRae; Selena Santos Rivera; shannon; Shari Bookstaff; Shelby Nielson; Shelly Erceg; Sigi Wiesner; Staci Edwards; Stephanie Jurries; stephen palmer; steve; Steve Gompertz; Steve Waller; Sydney Minges; Taylor Snooks; Ted Cheeseman; Teresa cue; Tess Chapman; Thais Dib Frias; Tim Grams; Todd Weisbrot; Tori Bowe; Tracy Desiderio; Trinitie Seeber; Ursula Kuny; Vanuza borges; Vicki Beaver; Vincent von Kaenel; Virginia Caballero Slim; Wally’s Whales Tales; Wayne Staples; Whale Watch Cabo; Yas Nakayama; Yves Roumazeilles; 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Overview

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 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. Always 1
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)