UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2001

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credit

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact William McLellan University of North Carolina Wilmington
Data entry Benjamin Best Duke University

Citation

McLellan, W. 2010. UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2001. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/65) 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.

Abstract

N/A

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

2023-11-07: Short-finned pilot whale was linked to Globicephala melas (ITIS TSN 552461) by error. This is fixed. Short-finned pilot whale is now linked to Globicephala macrorhynchus (ITIS TSN 180466).
2007-03-26: common name for Eubalaena glacialis is changed from historical black right whale to Northern right whale sighting.

References

McLellan, W. 2001. University of North Carolina at Wilmington marine mammal sightings for southeastern US.

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
iddefinition not provided
waypointdefinition not provided
datedefinition not provided
timedefinition not provided
latitudedefinition not provided
longitudedefinition not provided
eventdefinition not provided
headingdefinition not provided
trackdefinition not provided
observerdefinition not provided
altitudedefinition not provided
visibilitydefinition not provided
beaufort_ssdefinition not provided
clouddefinition not provided
glare_leftdefinition not provided
glare_rightdefinition not provided
finalrwsurveyedit_speciesdefinition not provided
reliabilitydefinition not provided
max_numdefinition not provided
min_numdefinition not provided
best_numdefinition not provided
calvesdefinition not provided
avoidancedefinition not provided
photo_videodefinition not provided
commentsdefinition not provided
lut_species_speciesdefinition not provided
species_groupdefinition not provided
species_codeCode of species observed
species_commonCommon name of species observed
species_scientificScientific name of species observed
species_tsnSpecies ITIS TSN
geomdefinition not provided
oidUnique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)
datetime_inidefinition not provided
latitude_inidefinition not provided
longitude_inidefinition not provided
OBIS-SEAMAP ID65
Seabirds0
Marine mammals402
Sea turtles94
Rays and sharks18
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total514
Date, Begin2001-02-06
Date, End2001-03-02
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude32.02 - 36.34
Longitude-80.85 - -74.81
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 223)
Traveled (km)16,216
Effort hours116
Contr. through
Registered2004-03-11
Updated2023-11-07
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Shared with OBIS
GBIF (via DOI)
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