Happywhale - Common bottlenose dolphin in North Atlantic 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 52 contributors in alphabetic order:

Allie Smith; Beyond The Reef (BVI); Bill Trussell; Cat Sullivan; Charlotte Kirchner; Christian Wegener; Cibrán Docampo Piñeiro; Conor Ryan; Corinne Eichler; Cottele Benny; Daniel Beuker; Daniele Ammeti; Dennis Maloney; Eila Fowlie Rodríguez; Elizabeth Calhoun; Era Horton; Eric Angel Ramos - †; Erin T.; Espaço Talassa; Holly Morgan-Wynne; Ilona SINN; Iuliia; Janiek Schrijer; Jason Denesevich; Jessica IHLE; Juliana Trostle; Kimberly Nesbitt; Lara Eade; Marilia Olio; Martina Bartolini; Matthew Gledhill; MERR Interns; MS Spitsbergen; MV Hondius; Nico Heyning; OSI Cetis; Paula Hoppe; Per Nikolaj Bukh; Phillippa Tichotova; Rob Rector; Rosie Jeffrey; Ryan Donnelly; Sabine+Ulf; Sara Franson; Steph Morris; steve; Svenja Stoehr; Terra Azul; Tianshuo Wang; Warren Zimmer; Zachary Blackstone; Zeal Goolesby

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