https://doi.org/10.82144/e96e103c https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/647 Kevin Robinson Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit Primary contact mailbox@crru.org.uk http://www.crru.org.uk OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Kevin Robinson Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit Primary contact mailbox@crru.org.uk http://www.crru.org.uk owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit Dataset credits: Dr. Kevin Robinson, Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit Abstract: Boat-based cetaceans sightings data collected during dedicated boat-based surveys between the months of May and October, 1997 to 2010 inclusive in the outer southern Moray Firth in north-east Scotland. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Visual Sighting Vessel N/A A humpback whale sighting on 2003-02-16 was from a rescue call out. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/647 Oceans -3.54903 -1.90951 57.92826 55.9895 1997-07-08 2015-10-18 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Globicephala melas Long-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Orcinus orca Killer whale species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin notPlanned Kevin Robinson Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit Primary contact mailbox@crru.org.uk http://www.crru.org.uk NA NA NA Kevin Robinson owner NA zd_647 2025-07-31T14:34:58-04:00 dataset Robinson, K. 2016. CRRU Cetacean sighting in Scotland waters 1997-2015. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e96e103c. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/647 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/647/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/647/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_647 zd_647 Robinson, K.P., N. Baumgartner, S.M. Eisfeld, N.M. Clark, R.M. Culloch, G.N. Haskins, L. Zapponi, A.R. Whaley, J.S. Weare and M.J. Tetley. 2007. The summer distribution and occurrence of cetaceans in the coastal waters of the outer southern Moray Firth in northeast Scotland (UK). Lutra: 50(1): 19-30.