Data was collected during 3-5 hour public whale watching trips conducted out
of Boothbay Harbor, Maine by Cap'n Fish's Cruises. Data is hand collected by
on board naturalist.N/ASighting times were not recorded.
Several records do not have coordinates.2020070320211011ground conditionNone plannedMaine-69.773833-69.44369443.8082543.401222
NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologyMarine mammalsSea turtlesVisual SightingVesselNoneMaineTaxon coveredMarine mammalsSea turtlesIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical addressRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderMysticetiFamilyBalaenopteridaeGenusBalaenopteraSpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataSpeciesBalaenoptera borealisSpeciesBalaenoptera physalusGenusMegapteraSpeciesMegaptera novaeangliaeSuborderOdontocetiFamilyDelphinidaeGenusLagenorhynchusSpeciesLagenorhynchus acutusClassReptiliaOrderTestudinesSuborderCryptodiraSuperfamilyChelonioideaFamilyDermochelyidaeGenusDermochelysSpeciesDermochelys coriacea
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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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Dominique CaverlyCap'n Fish's Cruises
mailing and physical address
42 Commercial StreetBoothbay HarborMA04538US
unknowndominique@capnfish.com
Dominique Caverly, Cap'n Fish's Cruises
Relational database
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. Hyrenbach2009OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributionsvector digital dataOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle
All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data
provider.
Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider
and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was
matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
All observation records are included.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20220322Point
1e-061e-06Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984WGS_1984
6378137.000000298.257224
Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)dateDate of the sightingData provider2020-07-032021-10-11timeTime of the sighting not recorded (always 00:00:00)Data provider00:00:0000:00:00common_nameSpecies common nameData providerSpecies common namespeciesSpecies scientific nameData providerSpecies scientific namesp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providernumber_of_individualsGroup size originally recordedData providerGroup size originally recordedobs_countInteger group sizeData provider1200latitude_originalLatitude in original formatData provider4326.6780434829.7000longitude_originalLongitude in original formatData provider6930.6760694511.5000latitudeLatitude of animal in decimal degreesData provider43.401222043.8082500longitudeLongitude of animal in decimal degreesData provider-69.7738330-69.4436940notesNotesData providerNotesgeomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPThis 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.Cap'n Fish's Cruises
Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.
OBIS-SEAMAP
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A328, LSRCDurhamNC27708USA
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
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Ei Fujioka
Nicholas School, Duke Universitymailing and physical addressA328, LSRCDurhamNC27708USA
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time
http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profile