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Large whale strandings have always been intriguing to people through the centuries. The size and strangeness of these events always attracted popular attention and were, later on, a source for food, oil and other products. Our goal was to document species occurrence over time along the mainland coast of Portugal through the use of historical records as they can provide useful information on cetaceans' species. A total of 38 historical records from the 16th to the 20th Centuries were collected from several Portuguese institutes and personal archives. Results show an increasing awareness of the scientific importance of strandings reflected throughout the years in number and in the detail of the strandings. The most common stranded species recorded was <i>Physeter macrocephalus</i> followed by <i>Balaenoptera physalus</i>. Even though historical stranding records are sparse for mainland Portugal, the information gathered indicates a high diversity of cetaceans. We also addressed the evolution of the historical records in aspects such as in number of records, description detail, pictures' content and scientific accuracy. We were able to establish relationships linking strandings, local fishing communities, the general public, and particularly the contribution of early 20th Century zoologists. Results indicate that reports made by local fishing communities and the role of naturalists and science journals of the 19th and early 20th Centuries was of considerable relevance to the present knowledge about cetaceans, giving an important contribution to modern day cetacean studies.Our objective was to document cetacean species presence over time along the mainland coast of Portugal through the use of historical written records of strandings. We will also address the evolution of the historical records in different perspectives such as the description detail, image content and scientific accuracy. When possible we will establish relationships between strandings and local fishing communities and the general public, with a particular focus on the contribution of early zoologists. This study shows historical relationships between these stranded animals and people, and is relevant both to the history of science as well as giving an important contribution to modern day cetacean studies.Records did not include time information, so 00:00:00 was used and noted in the [Notes] column. When records did not include month and/or day information, January was used to fill the month and 1 was used to fill the day and noted in the [Notes] column. One record did not have latitude/longitude information, so the center of the Portugal coast was used and noted in the [Notes] column.
Sousa, A2012Historical strandings of cetaceans on the Portuguese coasthttp://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/829OBIS-SEAMAP829http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/829OBIS-SEAMAP
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Sousa, A. 2012. Historical strandings of cetaceans on the Portuguese coast. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/829) 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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Andreia SousaEscola de Mar
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EdifĂcio ICAT Campus de FCUL, Campo GrandeLisboa1749-016Portugal
andreiagss@gmail.com
Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemIntegrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttp://www.itis.usda.gov/Downloaded April, 2004Refer to the contact information of the datasetKingdomAnimalia202423PhylumChordata158852SubphylumVertebrata331030ClassMammalia179913SubclassTheria179916InfraclassEutheria179925OrderCetacea180403SuborderMysticeti552298FamilyBalaenopteridae180522GenusBalaenoptera180523SpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrata180524SpeciesBalaenoptera physalus180527SuborderOdontoceti180404FamilyDelphinidae180415GenusDelphinus180437SpeciesDelphinus delphis180438GenusGlobicephala180464GenusGrampus180456SpeciesGrampus griseus180457GenusPseudorca180462SpeciesPseudorca crassidens180463GenusStenella180428SpeciesStenella coeruleoalba180434GenusTursiops180425SpeciesTursiops truncatus180426FamilyKogiidae621144GenusKogia180490SpeciesKogia breviceps180491FamilyPhocoenidae552307GenusPhocoena180472SpeciesPhocoena phocoena180473FamilyPhyseteridae180486GenusPhyseter180487SpeciesPhyseter macrocephalus180488FamilyHyperoodontidae770799GenusZiphius180497SpeciesZiphius cavirostris180498Sousa, A. and C. Brito2012Historical strandings of cetaceans on the Portuguese coast: anecdotes, people and naturalistsMarine Biodiversity Records5:1-8Escola de MarHalpin, 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. Hyrenbach2009OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributionsOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle
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Ei Fujioka
Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University
mailing and physical addressDurhamNC27708A328, LSRCUSA
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
Connie KotDuke University
http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profilehttp://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata Profile
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2012-03-05
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Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.
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DurhamNCUSAA328, LSRC27708
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
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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.Escola de MaroidUnique ID (generated by SEAMAP)dateoriginOriginal date informationobs_dateDate of observationsp_obsSpecies observedsp_tsnSpecies ITIS TSNobs_countNumber of animalslocationLocation descriptionlatitudeLatitude of sightinglongitudeLongitude of sightingstrandinfoRelevant stranding informationreferences_ReferencesnotesNotes on when time, month, day, and/or latitude/longitude information was not available20060815