Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos
Daniel Palacios
Dataset credit
Daniel M. Palacios and Ocean Alliance
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Contacts
Role | Name | Organization | |
Primary contact |
Daniel Palacios |
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center |
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Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Palacios, D. 2013. Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/656) 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 contains sightings of marine mammals (whales, dolphins, otariids) collected off the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, during three expeditions by the Ocean Alliance in 1988-1989, 1993-1994, and 2000, aboard research vessels Siben (1988-1989) and Odyssey (1993-1994, 2000).
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Purpose
These sightings were collected during dedicated cruises primarily to study sperm whales.
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Supplemental information
Some records do not have time recorded. In this case, it is filled with “00:00:00” and noted in the [Notes] field.
Some records do not have group size recorded. In this case, it is filled with “1” and noted in the [Notes] field.
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References
Lyrholm, T., I. Kerr, L. Galley and R. Payne. 1992. Report of the Expedición Siben, Ecuador 1988/89. Final Report submitted by the Whale Conservation Institute to the Charles Darwin Research Station and the Galápagos National Park Service. Puerto Ayora, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador. 38 pp.
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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 |
oid | Unique record ID for internal use |
vsl | vessel: S = R/V Siben; O = R/V Odyssey |
obs_date | Date of observation |
obis_time | Time of observation (in local time) |
latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
species | species observed |
sp_tsn | ITIS taxonomic serial number. This field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
obs_count | Group size |
notes | Notes regarding time and group size |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 656 |
Seabirds | 0 |
Marine mammals | 1,896 |
Sea turtles | 0 |
Rays and sharks | 0 |
Other species | 0 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 0 |
Total | 1,896 |
Date, Begin | 1988-10-07 |
Date, End | 2000-05-05 |
Temporal prec. | 111110 |
Latitude | -1.68 - 2.99 |
Longitude | -93.65 - -87.87 |
Coord. prec. | 4 decimal digits |
Platform | Boat |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | N/A |
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Traveled (km) | 0 |
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Registered | 2010-07-14 |
Updated | 2018-10-06 |
Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
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