https://doi.org/10.82144/5d42291c
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2293
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b61fca7c-aef3-4fe7-aff9-59ce831de4e9
https://obis.org/dataset/742abe79-3fbd-49a1-b5f5-f0934ec6801b
b61fca7c-aef3-4fe7-aff9-59ce831de4e9
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2293
zd_2293
Happywhale - Dwarf sperm whale in North Pacific Ocean
Ted
Cheeseman
Happywhale
Primary contact
ted@happywhale.com
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
NC
27708
US
seamap-contact@duke.edu
https://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
NC
27708
US
seamap-contact@duke.edu
https://seamap.env.duke.edu
distributor
Ted
Cheeseman
Happywhale
Primary contact
ted@happywhale.com
owner
Ted
Cheeseman
happywhale.com
ted@happywhale.com
https://happywhale.com
originator
2025-10-08
eng
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.
Marine Biology
PhotoID
N/A
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml
Observation
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
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 2 contributors in alphabetic order:
Erich Starzinger; Joachim Bertrands
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2293
Oceans
-117.326603
-111.291504
32.664813
25.962366
2020-01-03
2024-02-20
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
species
Kogia sima
Dwarf sperm whale
weekly
Ted
Cheeseman
Happywhale
Primary contact
ted@happywhale.com
NA
NA
NA
Happywhale - Dwarf sperm whale in North Pacific Ocean
Ted
Cheeseman
owner
NA
2025-08-11T16:43:32.000+00:00
dataset
Happywhale. 2025. Happywhale - Dwarf sperm whale in North Pacific Ocean. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/5d42291c.
Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2025. Happywhale encounter.
OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page
UTF-8
Interactive map
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2293
FGDC Metadata
UTF-8
XML
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2293/fgdc
EML Metadata
UTF-8
XML
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2293/eml
OBIS-SEAMAP
zd_2293
zd_2293
b61fca7c-aef3-4fe7-aff9-59ce831de4e9/v1.1.xml