Cetacean observations in the waters of Karaginsky Island and Beringa Island in 2009

Russian Cetacean Habitat Project

Far East Russia Orca Project

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

This dataset includes observations of cetaceans in the waters of Karaginsky Island and Beringa Island in 2009 in frames of the Russian Cetacean Habitat Project. Observations were made visually from the 5 m long inflatable boat or from 30 m cargo ship (in Litke Strait). Observed species include killer whale, minke whale, humpback whale, harbor porpoise and Dall’s porpoise.

The purpose of this study is to identify critical habitats for various cetacean species in the waters of the Russian Far East.

The original did not include the second part of the time. Some records do not have time values.

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
oid	Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)
obs_date	date of observation
obs_time	time of observation
species	Species name recorded by provider
sp_tsn	ITIS taxonomic serial number. This field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
obs_count	animal count