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Cetacean distribution around Mayotte Island
Jeremy Kiszka
Dataset credit
Jeremy Kiszka
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Jeremy Kiszka |
Florida International University |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Kiszka, J. 2009. Cetacean distribution around Mayotte Island. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/463) on yyyy-mm-dd. 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
This dataset gather 434 cetacean sightings around the Mozambique Channel island of Mayotte (France). These data were systematically collected during surveys having various objectives (small cetaceans, humpback whales). It includes 18 species, including the dugong, the humpback whale, beaked whales (2 species), sperm whales (3 species) and 11 delphinids.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
Effort data will be appended later.
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References
Gross, A., J. Kiszka, O. Van Canneyt, P. Richard, and V. Ridoux. 2009. A preliminary study of habitat and resource partitioning among co-occurring tropical dolphins around Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences. 84(3):367-374. Kiszka, J., Ersts, P. & Ridoux, V. In prep. Distribution, encounter rates and group characteristics of cetaceans around the Mozambique Channel island of Mayotte. Marine Biology.
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Attributes
Overview
Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.
Attributes in dataset
| Attribute (table column) | Description |
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| date | Date of observation |
| species | Species observed |
| time | Time of observation |
| group_num | |
| latitude | Latitude of observation |
| end_time | End time of the contact |
| longitude | Longitude of observation |
| end_lat | End latitude |
| end_lon | End longitude |
| max_count | |
| min_count | |
| obs_count | A few records have this field blank |
| id | SEAMAP-defined Row ID |
| sp_assoc | Inter-species association observed |
| sp_tsn | Species ITIS TSN |
| oid | Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP) |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 463 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 434 |
| Sea turtles | 0 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 434 |
| Date, Begin | 2004-07-31 |
| Date, End | 2006-06-23 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | -13.12 - -12.52 |
| Longitude | 44.90 - 45.35 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Boat |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | N/A |
| Traveled (km) | 0 |
| 0 |
| Contr. through | |
| Registered | 2008-07-25 |
| Updated | 2009-05-28 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (Minimum) |
| Shared with |
OBIS
GBIF (via DOI) |
| See metadata in static HTML |
| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
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