Description
Original provider: Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute Abstract: Systematic surveys, conducted between 28 October 1978 and 13 November 1979 in the waters adjacent to Puerto la Cruz and Isla Margarita, Venezuela, documented the presence, distribution and habits of a population of Bryde's whales. Methods included aerial and boat surveys, interviews with local fishermen, and radio-tagging. Bryde's whales, apparently attracted by the abundance of food, were observed in the area between March and December; numbers were greatest in fall. Distribution within the study area varied with season: between march and August the whales were seen in the eastern part; from August to December in the western. Herd size increased from march through October. Although several cow and calf pairs were seen, breeding activities were not, and there is no evidence that this is a breeding area. Purpose: Surveys were supported by the local company Turismo Margarita S.A., to better understand the causes of collisions between passenger jet hydrofoils and large marine animals, and advise on procedures to minimize such risk. Supplemental information: An accompanying aerial survey dataset Bryde's whales off eastern Venezuela - Aerial 1978-1979 is available. The provider digitized the locations from the literature. The accuracy of the dates is year. Months and days are approximate. No time is provided. Substituted with 00:00:00. No group size is provided. Substituted with 1.
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 28 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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2013. Bryde’s whales off eastern Venezuela - Vessel 1978-1979. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/835) on yyyy-mm-dd.
Rights
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: a9b174f6-6792-44c3-b5d0-ff83f6c938bc. OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings; Observation; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/835 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/835/xml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Oceans
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [10.389, -64.683], North East [10.916, -63.827] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Species | Balaenoptera edeni (Eden's whale) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1979-03-15 / 1979-11-15 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Bryde’s whales off eastern Venezuela - Vessel 1978-1979 |
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| Funding | NA |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Sampling Methods
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| Study Extent | NA |
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Method step description:
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | zd_835 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_835 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Purpose | Surveys were supported by the local company Turismo Margarita S.A., to better understand the causes of collisions between passenger jet hydrofoils and large marine animals, and advise on procedures to minimize such risk. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_835 |