Description
Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 402 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Common bottlenose dolphin in North Pacific Ocean. Version 1.27.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/4b1f9bc3.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
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: c23d8371-ab6f-4ec8-adad-a4661039f4e0. OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Marine Biology; PhotoID; Occurrence; Observation
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1692 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1692/fgdc UTF-8 XML |
| EML Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1692/eml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
- A328 LSRC building
Geographic Coverage
Data extent
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [8.013, -158.249], North East [37.987, 37.987] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Species | Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2012-11-27 / 2026-01-08 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Happywhale - Common bottlenose dolphin in North Pacific Ocean |
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| Funding | NA |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Owner
Sampling Methods
NA
| Study Extent | NA |
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Method step description:
- NA
Collection Data
| Collection Name | zd_1692 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_1692 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Bibliographic Citations
- Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. https://happywhale.com/
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS. Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 80 contributors in alphabetic order: Allie Smith; Amanda Colbert; Andy Price; Apex Ocean Divers; Captain Kevin; Capt. Alexander Legaspi; Capt Nicholas Robbins; Carla Mitroff; Cecilia Ruiz; Chelsea Bradley; Chit; Chris Biertuempfel; Christina de la Fuente; christy bode; Curt Finfrock; Dale Frink; Dane McDermott; Daniel Cayton; Dan Robinson; Douglas Croft; Elise Chassman; Era Horton; Eric Austin Yee; Erik Combs; Erin T.; Francisco Javier Ledezma López; Gail Koza; Gisela Solà Boloix; Gordon Gates; Holger van Dorp; Hongming Zheng; Islas Secas Resort; Iván Miranda Franco; James Begeman; Jeff Fairbanks; Jessica Roame; Joe Meuleman; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Julene Jackman Lennon; Kate Spencer; Kátia Silva; Katlyn Taylor; Kimberly Nesbitt; Laura; Linda McWilliams; Lory Barra; Marcos Muñoz Medina; Maria Laura Marcias; Maria Pia Ceccarelli; Marilia Olio; Mark Girardeau; Maryjanna Drummond; Max Block; Mike Justa; Mindy Huston; Molly Batts; Molly Morrison; M White; Nico Heyning; Nina Moysi; Patricia VanOver Indictor; Peter Bedrossian; Peter Chen 2.0; Riley; Robin Lowe; Ron Charbonneau; Ryan Lawler; Sara Rodriguez; Sebastian Shaw; Slater T Moore; steve; Steve OToole; Susanne Meyer; Swish; Sydney Minges; Tracy Desiderio; Vanuza Borges; Veronica Franklin; Warren Zimmer; Yoko Sathorn
| Purpose | N/A |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 10.82144/4b1f9bc3 |
| c23d8371-ab6f-4ec8-adad-a4661039f4e0 | |
| https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1692 | |
| 86ffd903-47fc-435e-a42e-f3aec79c2d03 | |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1692 |