Steiner, L., M.A. Silva, J. Zereba and M.J. Leal2007JMBA2 Biodiversity Records6 Seven Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera brydei, were seen several times by whale watching boats around Faial and Pico Islands, Azores. They were observed from the beginning of July until the end of August. A mother/calf pair was the most frequently observed.Please contact data provider2004070320040830ground conditionCompleteNone plannedNorth Atlantic Ocean-28.878-28.0838.63838.345 NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologyMarine mammalsVisual SightingVesselNoneNorth Atlantic Ocean Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details. 1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Suggested citation for this dataset: Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: 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 2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references. 3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. 4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP. 5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses. 6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Lisa SteinerWhale Watch Azores mailing and physical address unknownwwa2@yahoo.com Whale Watch Azores Relational database Steiner, L., M.A. Silva, J. Zereba and M.J. Leal2007vector digital dataJMBA2 Biodiversity Records6Steiner, L2013Version 1.0.0vector digital dataOBIS-SEAMAP432https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/432OBIS-SEAMAPhttps://doi.org/10.82144/5f78b74fHalpin, 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. Hyrenbach2009Oceanography22(2):104-115 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.20250829Point 0.0010.001Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984WGS_1984 6378137.000000298.257224 Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableobs_dateDate of the observationData provider2004-07-032004-08-30obs_timeTime of the observation (local time zone)Data provider09:29:0018:20:00latitudeLatitude in decimal degreesData provider38.3450038.63800longitudeLongitude in decimal degreesData provider-28.87800-28.08000speciesSpecies name recordedData providerSpecies name recordedsp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider612597612597obs_countObserved count (best estimate)Data provider12calfExistance of calvesData providerExistance of calvesbehaviourBehaviourData providerBehaviourboatDescription of boatData providerDescription of boatwater_tempWater temperature in celsiusData provider21.60023.500geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)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.Whale Watch Azores Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. OBIS-SEAMAP mailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA 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