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UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations
UK Royal Navy
Dataset credit
United Kingdom Royal Navy
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Ben Maughan |
UK Hydrographic Office |
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| Primary contact |
Kate Arnold |
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N/A |
| Data entry |
Benjamin Best |
Duke University |
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Citation
Maughan, B. and K. Arnold. 2010. UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/64) 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 includes unclassified incidental sightings of cetaceans from the United Kingdom Royal Navy ships. The dataset is global in coverage.
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Purpose
The Royal Navy often operates in remote areas and the purpose of collecting this sort of data is to contribute to a better scientific understanding of cetacean distributions, breeding areas, migration routes, etc. By ensuring that Royal Navy personnel keep watch for cetaceans helps them to comply with current risk mitigation measures.
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Supplemental information
12/07/06: Observations for Lagenorhynchus acutus (180443: Atlantic white-sided dolphin) that are located in the Southern Hemisphere were replaced with Lagenorhynchus (180441: white-side dolphin)
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References
Maughan, Ben. 2003. United Kingdom Royal Navy Cetacean Sightings.
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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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| oid | |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 64 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 1,408 |
| Sea turtles | 0 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 1,408 |
| Date, Begin | 1947-10-21 |
| Date, End | 2003-03-31 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | -74.65 - 70.33 |
| Longitude | -122.43 - 159.23 |
| Coord. prec. | 2 decimal digits |
| Platform | Boat |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | N/A |
| Traveled (km) | 0 |
| 0 |
| Contr. through | |
| Registered | 2004-02-14 |
| Updated | 2010-04-12 |
| 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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