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Cetacean diversity, distribution, and abundance in northern Veracruz, Mexico
Arturo Serrano
Dataset credit
Arturo Serrano, Laboratorio de Mamiferos Marinos, Universidad Veracruzana
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Arturo Serrano |
Laboratorio de Mamíferos Marinos, Universidad Veracruzana |
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| Data entry |
Andrew DiMatteo |
US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic |
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Citation
Serrano, A. 2011. Cetacean diversity, distribution, and abundance in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/530) 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
The distribution and abundance of marine mammals along the United States coast of the Gulf of Mexico are well-documented, but similar studies for the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico are lacking. Furthermore, these animals are important indicators of the marine ecosystem health, and scientific research is needed to develop appropriate conservation strategies. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine the diversity, distribution, and relative abundance of marine mammals in the northern coasts of Veracruz, Mexico.
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Purpose
The objective of this study was to determine the diversity, distribution, and relative abundance of aquatic mammals in Veracruz, Mexico.
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Supplemental information
N/A
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References
Serrano, A. 2009. Aquatic Vertebrates of Veracruz. Galindo, J.A., A. Serrano, L. Vázquez-Castán, C. González-Gándara and M. López-Ortega. 2009. Cetacean diversity, distribution, and abundance in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Aquatic Mammals. 35(1): 12-18.
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Attributes
Overview
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.
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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| oid | Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP) |
| obs_date | Date (month, day, year) |
| obs_time | Time of observations (military, local time zone) |
| latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| sp_obs | Species observed |
| sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| obs_count | Count of observed species |
| effort_hrs | Boat-Based Surveys 102.47 & Aerial Surveys 20 |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 530 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 93 |
| Sea turtles | 1 |
| Rays and sharks | 2 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 96 |
| Date, Begin | 2005-03-10 |
| Date, End | 2008-08-04 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 19.25 - 21.62 |
| Longitude | -97.42 - -95.60 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Boat |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | N/A |
| Traveled (km) | 0 |
| 0 |
| Contr. through | |
| Registered | 2009-10-14 |
| Updated | 2011-02-14 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (Minimum) |
| Shared with |
OBIS
GBIF (via DOI) |
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| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
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