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Happywhale - Leatherback sea turtle in North Atlantic Ocean
Happywhale
Dataset credit
Happywhale and contributors
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Ted Cheeseman |
Happywhale.com |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Happywhale. 2025. Happywhale - Leatherback sea turtle in North Atlantic Ocean. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/f9d17da2. Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.
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Abstract
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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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
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 1 contributors in alphabetic order:
Mark Morse
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Change History
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.
- 1.1.0 (2025-09-30) - Update - Complete refersh due to database migration in Sep 2025.
- 1.0.0 (2019-10-02) - Initial
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References
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Attributes
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 |
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| 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 | |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 2008 |
| DOI | 10.82144/f9d17da2 |
| Version | 1.1.0 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 0 |
| Sea turtles | 1 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 1 |
| Date, Begin | 2022-09-10 |
| Date, End | 2022-09-10 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 44.33 - 44.33 |
| Longitude | -66.71 - -66.71 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Boat |
| Data type | Photo ID |
| Effort | N/A |
| Registered | 2019-10-02 |
| Updated | 2025-08-11 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (All) |
| Sub group(s) | Happywhale |
| Shared with |
GBIF
OBIS |
| Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML |
| See download history / statistics |
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