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Some records do not have group size recorded. In this case, it is filled with “1” and noted in the [Notes] field.</supplinf></descript><citation><citeinfo><origin>Palacios, D</origin><pubdate>2013</pubdate><title>Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos</title><onlink>https://doi.org/10.82144/be3596cc</onlink><serinfo><sername>OBIS-SEAMAP</sername><issue>656</issue></serinfo><pubinfo><pubplace>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/656</pubplace><publish>OBIS-SEAMAP</publish></pubinfo><edition>Version 1.0.0</edition></citeinfo></citation><timeperd><current>ground condition</current><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>1988-10-07</begdate><enddate>2000-05-05</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo></timeperd><status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status><spdom><bounding><westbc>-93.6467</westbc><eastbc>-87.8667</eastbc><northbc>2.9933</northbc><southbc>-1.6783</southbc></bounding><lboundng><leftbc Sync="TRUE">-93.6467</leftbc><rightbc Sync="TRUE">-87.8667</rightbc><bottombc Sync="TRUE">-1.6783</bottombc><topbc Sync="TRUE">2.9933</topbc></lboundng></spdom><accconst>Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.</accconst><useconst>1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.

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Palacios, D. 2013. Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/656) on yyyy-mm-dd.

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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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3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. 

4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.

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6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst><natvform Sync="TRUE">Shapefile</natvform><ptcontac><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Daniel Palacios</cntper><cntorg>NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype></cntaddr><cntpos/><cntemail>Daniel.Palacios@noaa.gov</cntemail></cntinfo></ptcontac>
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Archipelago and their Influence on cetacean community structure</title><onlink>http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/~dpalacio/palacios_galapagos_thesis.pdf</onlink><serinfo><sername>Ph.D. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon</sername><issue>178pp</issue></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>Palacios, D.M</origin><pubdate>1999</pubdate><title>Marine mammal research in the Galápagos Islands: The 1993–94 Odyssey Expedition</title><onlink>http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/~dpalacio/ody9394_rep.pdf</onlink><serinfo><sername>Final report submitted to Galápagos National Park Service and Charles Darwin Research Station</sername><issue>Puerto Ayora, Is. Galápagos, Ecuador, 10 November 1999. 6pp + 4 tables, 18 figures, and 3 appendices</issue></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>Lyrholm, T., I. Kerr, L. Galley and R. Payne</origin><pubdate>1992</pubdate><title>Report of the Expedición Siben, Ecuador 1988/89</title><onlink/><serinfo><sername>Final Report submitted by the Whale Conservation Institute to the Charles Darwin Research Station and the Galápagos National Park Service </sername><issue>Puerto Ayora, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador. 38 pp</issue></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref><datacred>Daniel M. Palacios and Ocean Alliance</datacred><crossref><citeinfo><origin>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. 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