Happywhale - Humpback Whale in North Atlantic 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 770 contributors in alphabetic order:

aalilith; Abigail R Van Hemmen; Adam Fritz; Adam Rheborg; Adrian Boyle; Agne; Agostino Mirone; Aisha Yousuf; Alan Charlton; Alan Sherbrooke; Alayna Hawkins; Aleesi Eckersley; Alessandro Verga; Alethea Leddy; Alexa Kershaw; Alexander Moriarty; Alexandra Abel; Alexandra Plüss Schmidlin; Alex Brenner; Alex Searle; Alex Vogel; Alicia Ernst; Alisa Schulman-Janiger (California Killer Whale Project); Allied Whale - Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company; Allied Whale North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog; Allie Smith; Allison Schroer; Al Weishar; Amanda Smith; Amy; Amy Fowler; Amy Tudor; Anand P Kruttiventi; Anastasia Kunitsa; Anatoly; Andreas Huppert; Andrea Stover; andrew stevenson; Andrew Stevenson; Andrew Weber; Andrzej Karon; Andy Hollingsworth; Andy Vallans; Andy Williams; Angelo Fernandez; Angie M; Anik Boileau (CERSI); Anke; Annette Bombosch; Anne Varrasso; anthea croser; Anthony Battista; Antoine Viot; Anton; Anton Chaiko; Antonio; Aquatic Adventures Citizen Scientists; Asbjørn Dissing Bargsteen; Asger Lorenzen; Ashley Hamilton; Atlantiangra - whale watching; Audrey; Audun Rikardsen; Avner Chen; Ayla Savelieva; Azores Experiences; Barbara Angarone; Barbara Hall Blumer; Barbara Mott; Barbara Nunn; Barbara Stabile; Bar Harbor Whale Watch; Barry F; Barry Gutradt; Barry Skinner; Bart Heirweg; Ben; Ben Tait; Berit Solstad; Bernard Bergeron; Beth Simmons; Betsy Kelly; bev dant; Beverly Orthwein; Bill Cork; bill hunnewell; Bill Mick; Bill Tucker; Bill Vlcek; Bjarki; Björn Eriksen; Bob Schafer; Bonnie Gretz; Bonnie Moreschi; Boyd Taylor; Brenda Tregunna; Brett; Brett Mitchell; Brian Doherty; Brian Lockwood; Brian Martin; Brian Weber; Bridget Fauser; brinley; Brittany Bowering; Bruce Meldrum; Bruce Schuette; Bryan Payne; Bryan Reif; Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Cameron Reid; Cape Ann Whale Watch; Capt Gary Dunzelman; Caribbean Cetacean Society; Carina Gsottbauer; Caroline Kelley; Carol Irwin; Carolyn Egazarian; Cascadia Research Collective; Catherine MacRae; Catherine Marck; Cecilia Bjelke; Cecilia creighton; Cees Tineke; Celia Ackerman; Charles Thomas; Charlotte; Charlotte Price; Chelsea pugh; Cheryl; Chiara Minotti; Chloé Chartrand; Chris Canipe; Chris Charles; Chris Croxson; Chris DeVivo; Chris Paparo; Chris Sprague; Christian Back; Christian Engelke; Christian Turek; Christina Grieve; Christina McMahon; Christine Ellsworth; Cisly Oskaar; Claire Gatherall; Claire Thomas; Clara Beamish; Claude Joiris; Claudia Villa; Claudia Wagner; Cody Limber; Colby Brokvist; Colleen Humphries; Conor Ferrin; Conor Ryan; Corey Leamy; Cristin McKee; Dale Frink; Damon Mullins; dana Landesman; Dana Matson; Dan Carmen; Dan Harville; Dani Chow; Daniel Aurelio Reyes; Daniel C; Dan M; Daria; DarrenJew; Dave Harryman; Dave Miller; DAVID ALLAN; David Glassberg; David Kaposi; David K. Cairns; david lambert; David Orr; David Simms; Dawn; Dawn Devitt; Deana Glenz; Dean Dey; Debbie; Debbie Rumbolt; Debbie Thompson; Deb Carter; Deb Stewart; Deb Young; Denise Attwood; Denison Church; Dennis Boon; De Wulf Maurina (maluga); Diana barzroudipour; Diane Byrd; Divya Singh; Dmitrii Doronin; Dominic P; Dominique Caverly; Don Davison; Don Kaplan; Donna Ikenberry; Don Pepperell; Doris Muckenheim; Doug Cheeseman; Douglas Gochfeld; Dr Mike Gibson; Dulon Nicolas; Durlan Ingersoll; Eddy Thys; edporopat; Edward Premo; Elaine Green; Elena Bjerre Nielsen; Eline van Aalderink; Elizabeth Purcell; Elizabeth Sparrow; Elizabeth Zwamborn; Elke; Elke Doerner; Ellen Gomez; Emer Keaveney; Emily Condley; Emma Luck; Emma Webb; Era Horton; Eric Austin Yee; Eric Carr; Eric Clark; Eric DesRosiers; Eric Hynes; Eric Robinson; Eric Seidlitz; Erin Robertson; Esther Connock; Eva Bönninger; evelyn dumka; Ewa Malinowska; Faan Weldhagen; Federico Arribere; Felicia Capelle; Floris van Haarst; fm5050; Frances Pieters; Franck Hollander; François Hogue; Frank Hennicke; Frank Welten; Frederic Garzon; Frederik Van de Perre; Futurismo Azores Whale Watching; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Gale McCullough; Gary Gittis; Gary Simmons; Gavin Pattison; Gemma O'Connor; Genna Roland; Geoff Kerr; George Penokie; George Woodland; Germán Orizaola; Gerry Runte; Gilles Balloy; Gina Marie Greer; Gleb; GordieBryce; Gordon Glen; GothamWhale; Grace Guiney; Graeme Wilson; Graham Downer; grant james-thomas; Greg MARTIN; Gregory P. Key; Guy DiRoma; Guylaine Marchand; Gwenda; Hal Whitehead; Hannah Lawson; Hans Verdaat; Heather Jakobsen; Heather Reser; Helen Ahern; Hella Martens; Henk Meeuwes; Herman de Jongh; Holly A Hogan; Hussain M; Iain Allison; Ian Winter; Ibrahim Urooj Saeed; Ingo Huber; Isotrails; Ivan lubberts; Ivan Smirnov; Jack Barkowski; Jackie Cestero; Jackie Weston; Jack-Jan de Jonge; Jack Lawson; Jaime Bennett; James Coyer; James Deakin; James F C Hyde IV; James M Jackson; Jamie Coleman; Jamie McWilliams; Jan Factor; Janita van Timmeren; Jan Laufer; Jan P. Zegarra; Jan Stirnberg; Jasmina Kull; Jason Medd; Jason Romanus; Javier Cotin; Jay Tulk; Jeanne Cunningham; Jeannine Winkel; Jeff Bates; Jeff Bjornson; Jeff Clarke; Jeff Friedman; Jeff Litton; Jeffrey Stewart; Jeff Singleton; Jen; Jenna Stoddard; Jennifer Curley; Jeremy Roberts; Jerry Meyers; Jesper Horsted Sørensen; Jessica Bauman; Jessica Bonosky; Jim Curran; Jim Edwards; Jim Scarff; Jim Tchobanoff; Jim Wilson; Jim Zacks; Jin Cao; Joachim Larssen; Joachim Rosenoegger; Joanne Buddle; Jo Clark; Jodi Frediani; Jody Collins; Joel Moore; Joel Sheppard; Joe Wan; Joey poirier; jofree; Johan Carlsson; Johanne Thomas; John Chardine; John Ellert; John Haynes; John J King II; Johnny Giese; John Truong; Jonathan Feist; Joonas Kinni; Jordyn Wilson; Josefina Rogozov; Joseph Pender; Jo Shackleton; Josh Dyck; Joshua Pons; Josh Wallace; Joyce Drakeford; Joy van der Beek; JT; Judith Scott; Judy Leclerc; Julia Huebner; Juliane Schlei; Julianne Taylor; Julie Berge; julie Boccaccio; Justin Brown; Kaitlyn Allison; Karen Francis; Karen Harrison; Karen Hayes; Karen Wilson Baptist; Karl-Heinz Müller; Kate Draa; Kate Lowes; Kate Stafford; Katharine; Kathie Rokita; Kathleen Gloria; Kathy Boyle; Katlyn Taylor; Kay Careen; Kelly Kammer; Kelly Plaas; Kelsey Achenbach; Kelsey Ouellette; Ken Balcomb; Ken McCrimmon; Kenneth Knowles; Keri Newman; Kerstin Langenberger; Kevin Lisota; Kike Calvo; Kimberly Irish; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kimberly Randal; Kim LeBlanc; Kim Miller; Kim Reuselaars; Kim Sawicki; Kirill; Kirsten MacTaggart; Kirstine Østerby Najbjerg; Kirstin Jones; Kjersti Holmang; Konstantin Kozhenov; Konstantin Sefer; Kristen Augulewicz; Kristen Culp; Kristen Modesitt-Dukes; Kristi Cernohous; Kristin Rayfield- Rudee Tours; Kristy Morley; Kuba; Kurt Johnson; Kurt Tometich; Kyle Arvin; Kyle Noftall; Kyra Karrer; Lacy Cramer; Lambert Family Adventure Tours; Lara Eade; Larry Bradfish; Lars Blosze; Lars Maltha Rasmussen; Laura Hale-Lawler; Laura Jourdan; LAURA RODRIGUEZ; Laure; Laurel McClean; Laurence Fischer; Lauren Farmer; Laverne E Goering; Léna Hardivillier; Lester Green; Lianne Thompson; Libby Orcutt; Linda Burback; Linda Jones; Linda Ulak; Lindsay Curtis; Linnet Tse; Lisa Embree; Lisa Hildebrand; Lisa Hofmann; Lisa Steiner; Liza Clark; logan schoppert; Luca Adami; LucieP; Lucile Sachot; Lucky; Luisa Longo; Luís MD Barcelos; Lynn Votaw; Maartend; Madalena; Maddi Mitchell; Maëva Accart; Magdalena Schmidt; Majo Fontaine; MALTHIEUX laurent; Mandy Gibson; Mandy Houston; mandy mcgrew; Marcella; Marcin Solowiej; Marc Pelissier; Marcus Bergström; Margaret Easton; Mariann Cyr; Mariel Murazzi; Marie Mrusczok; Marilia Olio; Mario Spinelli; Marjanne Claassen; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Bos; Mark Harris; Mark Malchoff; Mark Morse; Mark OBrien; Marko Oudenaarden; Mark Rentz; Mark Schlaefer; Mark Wiley; Mark Yule; Martin Lipman; martin p goodey; Mary-Clayton Enderlein; Matteo; Matthew; Matthew lambert; Matthew Ramm; Matt Hillier; Matt Kelly; Matt whitbeck; Melissa B; mella re; Memorial University of Newfoundland; Menkab, il respiro del mare; Meredith Jack; Michael Burn; Michael Emanuel; Michael Farkas; Michael Jackson; Michael Lavaire; Michael O'Brien; Michael Scott; Michael Sherry; Michael Taylor; Michel DUPUY; Michele Kelly; Michelle Gallaher; Michelle schooley; Miguel Silva Soares; Mike Desiderio; Mike Kimpton; Mike Petrik; Mike Smith; Mike szuba; Mike Woolfolk; Millie LaPierre; Mirko Lischer; Mitch Doucet; Mithriel MacKay; Mocca83; Mona Cline; Monna; More North American Humpbacks (MoNAH); Mr. Ronald Henry Cooper; MS Fram; MS Otto Sverdrup; MS Spitsbergen; MUSTAFA SOZEN; Nacho Oria; Nadezhda Zhdanova; Nadine Habib; nancy johnson; Naomi-Hà Meyer; Natalie Flood; Nathaniel Stekler; Nathan Kelley; Nathan M Appel; Neil McEntaggart; Nele Wellinghausen; New England Aquarium; Nicholas Foster; Nicholas Jacobs; Nick King; Nicola Day; Nicola Hodgins; Nicole Boudreau; Nicole Chouinard; Nicole Leavitt; Nicole Slabonik; Nikki; Novikova Maria; NymeriaSand; Ocean Research and Education Society (OERS); OMMAG; Oswaldo Vasquez; Pádraig Whooley; Pamela Le Noury; Pat O'Flaherty; Patricia Jones; Patricia Mclaren; Patricia Mezzina; Patrick Scherer; Patrick Sysiong; Patterson Hunte; Paul Cottis; Paul D; Paul James; Paul.Peluso; Paul Rodrigo; Paul Soulby; Pavel Ershov; Payal S; Penny Ruvelas; perennec thierry; Peter Anderson; Peter Carstens; Peter Diegutis; Peter Freeman; Peter Nelson; Peter Wilson; Petra; Petra Glardon; Philip Buzby; Philip Graham; Philip Shearer; Phil Sykes; Rachael Barber; Rachel Alleway; Rachel Dion; Rae Ann Quirion; Rafael Martins; Raghavan Nair; Raina Burke; Ralph Lee Hopkins; Raphael pepin; Reinhold Ringhofer; Renata Gilarova; Renato; Rhonda Buxton; Ricardo Ventura; Richard Allan; Richard Hall; Richard Simon; Richard W Dolan; Richard White; Richard Winston; Rich MacNeil; Rick Bergstrom; Ric Rens; Riley Aronson; Robert A. Boas; Robert Andrew Ferguson; Robert Mann; Robert Nawojchik; Robert Ryan; Robert Wälter; Rob Hyman; Robin Hughes; Robin Leuthardt; Rob Sherrell; Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan; Rodrigo Castro; Ron Macdonald; Rory Jackson West Cork Ocean Tours; rosalie c walrack; Rosemary Hillis; Rozanne Mackie; Rupert Kirkwood; Sabina Boon; Sabrina Voswinkel; Sally Walton; Sam Tedcastle; Sandra Murray; Sanne Bakkers; Sara Brautigam; Sara Franson; Sarah Heldt; Sarah Hyde; Sarah Kather; Sarah Pressley; Sarah Robinson; Sara Shimazu; Sara Wertman; sawer; Scott Howell; Scott Kelman; Scott Pudwell; Sean Brady; Seraf van der Putten; Serguei Ponomarenko; Shannon; Shannon Dobbs; Shara Fancey; Sharon Hirsch; Shelby Gold; Shelley Lonergan; Shenaz Khimji; Sierra Brown; Sigrún Helgudóttir; Simon Berrow; Simone Panigada; Simon Epperlein; Simon villeneuve; Sloan Massie; S&N; Soazic Dacal; Sophie Casa; Sophie Hetherington; Soren Despain; SOS Dolfijn; Special Tours; Spyros Zacharioudakis; Stacey Boss; Staffan Bjornesjo; Steffo Polar; Stella Liedtke; Stephan Bock; Stephanie Newkirk; stephen crouch; Stephen Middleton; Stephen Price; Steve F; Steve J; Steve Morse; Steven Abbondondelo; Steven A Robenalt; Steven Weiss; Steve Waller; Steve Willetts; Stu simpson; Sue McMullen; Sue Soldoff; Sukho Kongtawong; Suranjith Peiris; Susan Hale; Susanne; Susanne Skrobak; Susan Wenk; Suzanne Conant; Suzanne Livingstone; Sveta; Sylvia; Tanja; Tanja Bayer; Tatiana; Taylor Kotlar; Ted Cheeseman; Terra Azul; Terry Godfrey; Tesia Smith; The Humpback Dive Shack; Theo Vickers; Thijs van den Berg; Thomas Kohn; Thomas Olufson; Tilly Royden; Tim A Creasy; Tim Mackie; Tim Wilschetz; Tine Japp; Tobias Brehm; Tom; Tom and Lindsay Bell; Tom Conlin; Tom Conners; Tom Green; Tom Riddle; T. Pieper; Trent Stubbs; Trinity Eco-tours; Trish; Turks and Caicos Islands Whale Project; Tushnavy Sidhu; Veronika Doppelreiter; Victoria Stokes; Victor Wiens; Vincent von Kaenel; Vladislav Rogozov; Wageningen Marine Research; Walter Churchill; Walter Swett; Wendy Smiley; Whale Wise; Will Ganza; Wolfgang Jaekel; Wolfgang Schonberger; Years of the North Atlantic Humpback whale (YoNAH); Yves Fleuriot

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)