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CRRU Cetacean sighting in Scotland waters 1997-2015
Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit
Dataset credit
Dr. Kevin Robinson, Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Kevin Robinson |
Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Robinson, K. 2016. CRRU Cetacean sighting in Scotland waters 1997-2015. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/647) 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
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.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
[2016-04-29] Sighting data from 2010 to 2015 were added. Missing sea state and time for the existing records were provided.
A humpback whale sighting on 2003-02-16 was from a rescue call out.
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References
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. Robinson, K.P., M.J. Tetley and E.G. Mitchelson-Jacob. 2009. The distribution and habitat preference of coastally occurring minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in north-east Scotland. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 13(1): 39-48. Robinson, K.P., S.M. Eisfeld, M. Costa, and M.P. Simmonds. 2010. Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) occurrence in the Moray Firth, northeast Scotland. Marine Biodiversity Records. 3: e55.
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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 OBIS-SEAMAP) |
| obs_date | Sighting date |
| obs_time | Sighting time |
| latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| sp_obs | Species name |
| sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| obs_count | Number of animals |
| seastate | Sea state |
| no_time | definition not provided |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 647 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 2,282 |
| Sea turtles | 0 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 2,282 |
| Date, Begin | 1997-07-08 |
| Date, End | 2015-10-18 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 55.99 - 57.93 |
| Longitude | -3.55 - -1.91 |
| Coord. prec. | 5 decimal digits |
| Platform | Boat |
| Data type | Animal sighting |
| Effort | N/A |
| Traveled (km) | 0 |
| 0 |
| Contr. through | |
| Registered | 2010-11-05 |
| Updated | 2016-04-29 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
Permission required |
| Shared with |
None |
| See metadata in static HTML |
| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
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