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. Supplemental information: 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 119 contributors in alphabetic order: Aaron Boone; Adrian Boyle; Ana Eguiguren; Andrew Armour; Andy Wolff; ANGEL SOLE; Anna Sanchez Mora; Archipelagos Institute; Ash Clements; A&W Steffen; Azores Experiences; Barry Gutradt; Bergandi; Bettina; Beverly Orthwein; Brian Burnett; Camila Alejandra Dávila Pardo; Carina Watson; Carol Irwin; Casey Perry; Catherine MacRae; Cecile Constantin; Christina Frech; Cindy Miller Hopkins; Claudio Mathis; Corinne Eichler; Cottele Benny; Cyril VATHELET; Dare Harcourt; Emer Leahy; Emilia Mussoni; Emma Lever; Eric Angel Ramos; Espaço Talassa; Ewa; Frank Wirth Pico Sport Azores; Guilherme Rodrigues Estrela; Harold Moses; Hazel Pittwood; H. Charles Foster; Heather Robinson; Henriikka Seppälä; Holly Morgan-Wynne; Ian Parsons; Isaure Michaud; James Coyer; Jeannine Winkel; Jim Wilson; Joel Moore; John Jackson; Jordan; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Julia Hamm; Kevin Keiser; Kirstin Jones; Leonard Hofelich; lisa fischer; Lisa Steiner; Lobosonda; Louise Steinbach; Lucile Sachot; Lynn Murray; Marilia Olio; Martina Bartolini; Martin Jamieson; Matthew Messina; Michael Jackson; Michael Scott; Milena Cuzzucoli; Molly Wallis; Mona Wong; MONICET; Mouser Williams; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Spitsbergen; MTurcot; mustikka; Nacho Oria; Neal Maxwell; Nicola Crouch; Nikolas Linke; Nolwenn Dameron; Ocean Missions; Oliver Boisseau; OSI Cetis; Patrick Dykstra; Patrick Groot; Paula Hoppe; Pedro Reyes-Farinas; Pernell Francis; Phillippa Tichotova; Ray Thompson; Ricardo Ventura; Rita Da Costa Leitão; Rita Ferreira; Robert Wälter; Roger ETCHEBERRY; Ruxandra Receanu; Sabine Hoek; Sabine+Ulf; Sarah Kather; Scott Davis; Seán O'Callaghan; Seraf van der Putten; Shane Gero; Sigrún Helgudóttir; SOS Dolfijn; Stephanie Suciu; steve; Steven Michael Dunn; Stian Kleiven; Tanja; Tarek Haddad; Thomas OTWAY; Tobias Brehm; Ton Knijnenburg; warre verlinde; Wim van Urk; Yves Fleuriot
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 6,975 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. 2024. Happywhale - Sperm whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1726) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Happywhale.com.
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: 3855e887-6d48-43a5-ac36-59efa6e18d7d. OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting; Observation; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1726 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1726/xml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
Geographic Coverage
Aegean Sea;Barentsz Sea;Bay of Biscay;Caribbean Sea;Davis Strait;Gulf of Mexico;Gulf of St. Lawrence;Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland;Ionian Sea;Labrador Sea;Ligurian Sea;Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin;North Atlantic Ocean;North Sea
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [8.991, -91.769], North East [77.934, 26.527] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Species | Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm whale) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2000-01-01 / 2024-07-06 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Happywhale - Sperm whale in North Atlantic 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_1726 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_1726 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Purpose | Not available |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 3855e887-6d48-43a5-ac36-59efa6e18d7d |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1726 |