Happywhale - Sperm whale 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 69 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adam Baxter; adam maire; Alba Bértalo Cascallar; Alisa Schulman-Janiger (California Killer Whale Project); Amanda Urena; Apex Ocean Divers; Barbara Taylor; Bruce Whittington; Campbell Wilson; Cascadia Research Collective; Cheela Chang; Christoph Fricker; Colette English; David B. FitzGerald; Delaney Trowbridge; Dennis Fukushima Jr; Emily Nelson; Emma Keen; Erica Page; Erica Sackrison; Eric Austin Yee; Fernando Arcas; Frank Rotter; Gordon Gates; Han Lin; Iván Miranda Franco; James Maughn; James Moskito; Jay Barlow; Jean Huber; Jessamy Boas; Jill Whitebook; Joel Southerland; Joe Noonan; John Moran; Kimberly Nesbitt; Krystal Nguyen; Lauren A Wild; Lauren Reid; Lindsay Curtis; Lory Barra; Lotti Keenan; Louise Fox; Machi Yoshida; Marian Herz; Marijke Nita de Boer; Mark Girardeau; Matthew West; Matt Jackson; Molly Batts; Morgan Quimby; Nicole Tatum; Nicole Webster; Nina Moysi; NOAA SWFSC; Olive Andrews; Paula Olson; Skylar W.; steve; Suzanne Yin; Sydney Minges; Ted Cheeseman; tepper-Rasmussen; Todd Chandler; Ula Yu; Vicki Beaver; WEI, Pei -Ling; Whale Watch Cabo; Yvonne deGorter

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 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
type
modified
language
institution_code
basis_of_record
occurrence_id
catalog_number
recorded_by
individual_count
sex
preparations
occurrence_remarks
organism_id
organism_name
organism_remarks
event_id
event_date
event_time
higher_geography
water_body
locality
verbatim_locality
decimal_latitude
decimal_longitude
geodetic_datum
coordinate_precision
scientific_name
taxon_rank
vernacular_name
license
rights_holder
external_resource
external_resource_thumb