New England Aquarium Harbor Porpoise Tracking (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by OBIS-SEAMAP on Oct 7, 2025 OBIS-SEAMAP
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https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/470
Publication date:
7 October 2025
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OBIS-SEAMAP
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

Original provider: Connie Merigo, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA USA Dataset credits: Data provider New England Aquarium Originating data center <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a> Abstract: This juvenile male harbor porpoise known as “Oscar,” stranded on Skaket Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts, on February 17, 2008. He was rescued by the Cape Cod Stranding Network, A Project of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and transported to the New England Aquarium for rehabilitation. Oscar was weak and thin, weighing only 20 kilograms upon arrival, and had a 5cm laceration on his left tail stock. Diagnostic testing revealed small numbers of intestinal parasites and a mild infection. Oscar was treated with antibiotics and anti-parasite drugs. Shortly after admitting him to our animal hospital, he developed a cough and moderate to severe dermatitis (a skin infection). Treatment continued with antibiotic and antifungal medications, until the infection gradually resolved. Oscar gained 7 kilograms and a great deal of strength during his treatment. He was released on May 21, 2008 in Massachusetts Bay.<br><br>The New England Aquarium (NEAq) is a non-profit organization that responds to stranded whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea turtles. NEAq maintains a rehabilitation hospital for sick or injured marine mammals and sea turtles. Our mission is to provide rapid response and humane care to stranded marine mammals and sea turtles, to conduct research and education and to promote conservation. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Data Records

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Merigo C. 2024. New England Aquarium Harbor Porpoise Tracking. 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=293). https://doi.org/10.82144/ca8551ac.

Rights

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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: 6d1ffd3b-49d9-442c-8035-8da0766599c3.  OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Marine Biology; Telemetry; Tagged animal; Occurrence; Observation

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/470 UTF-8 Interactive map
FGDC Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/470/fgdc UTF-8 XML
EML Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/470/eml UTF-8 XML
STAT Project Page http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=293 UTF-8 Original web site

Contacts

Connie Merigo
  • Owner ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Primary contact
New England Aquarium
OBIS-SEAMAP
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
  • A328 LSRC building
27708 Durham
NC
US
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
  • Originator
seaturtle.org

Geographic Coverage

Oceans

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.075, -70.789], North East [44.7, -65.756]

Taxonomic Coverage

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

Species Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2008-05-21 / 2008-12-14

Project Data

No Description available

Title New England Aquarium Harbor Porpoise Tracking
Funding NA

The personnel involved in the project:

Connie Merigo
  • Owner

Sampling Methods

NA

Study Extent NA

Method step description:

  1. NA

Collection Data

Collection Name zd_470_1deg
Collection Identifier zd_470_1deg
Parent Collection Identifier OBIS-SEAMAP

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Coyne, M. S., and B. J. Godley. 2005. Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Marine Ecology Progress Series: Vol. 301: 1-7. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v301/meps301001