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Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project: 2013 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

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Description

Original provider: Center for Coastal Studies Dataset credits: Data provider Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner The project is being undertaken by multi-institutional team with expertise in whale behavior, ecology, anatomy, physiology, telemetry and wound healing processes. It includes collaborators from the following institutions:

Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) http://www.antarctica.gov.au/science

Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) . http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/

The Marine Mammal Center (MMC) .http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/

National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML)http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/


Research is being performed under NOAA scientific permit #14245. Project sponsor or sponsor description Primary research funding comes from NOAA and Exxon through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This is a project of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP).
Abstract: Satellite-monitored radio tags have yielded important information for the conservation and management of large whales. Tags provide far greater detail on large whale movements and habitat use than more traditional studies, and past tagging projects have revealed the existence of entirely unknown whale habitats. However, it is not uncommon for tags to stop transmitting within days to months of deployment, and follow-up studies on the individuals have been limited. Further work is needed to improve the scientific and conservation value of this technology.

In this study, satellite tagging and its effects are being examined among Gulf of Maine humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). This is among the best studied humpback whale populations. Its strong fidelity to particular feeding sites, long feeding ground residency and strong overlap with observer effort that are expected to result in repeated sightings of tagged animals, and a maximized resighting potential in future years. The project will also produce new information on humpback whale movement and habitat use in relation to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Robbins J. 2021. Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project: 2013. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1322) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=896).

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS-SEAMAP. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d8a9c34a-28bc-4960-ad71-ac779a059192.  OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1322 UTF-8 Interactive map
FGDC Metadata http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1322/xml UTF-8 XML
STAT Project Page http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=896 UTF-8 Original web site

Contacts

Jooke Robbins
  • Owner
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Primary contact
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
OBIS-SEAMAP
  • Metadata Provider
  • Distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
27708 Durham
NC
US
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool

Geographic Coverage

Oceans

Bounding Coordinates South West [40.91, -70.371], North East [42.688, -68.793]

Taxonomic Coverage

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Species Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2013-07-23 / 2013-10-13

Project Data

No Description available

Title Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project: 2013 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)
Funding NA

The personnel involved in the project:

Jooke Robbins
  • Owner

Sampling Methods

NA

Study Extent NA

Method step description:

  1. NA

Collection Data

Collection Name zd_1322
Collection Identifier zd_1322
Parent Collection Identifier OBIS-SEAMAP

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Purpose Not available
Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1322_1deg