Description
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 26 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 - Sperm whale in South Atlantic Ocean. Version 1.4.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/8be7bca0.
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: 5a8ed410-33dd-45bd-a514-6440fc5dfd63. 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/1728 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1728/fgdc UTF-8 XML |
| EML Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1728/eml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
- A328 LSRC building
Geographic Coverage
Data extent
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-56.532, -64.742], North East [-3.678, -3.678] |
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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 | 2012-12-10 / 2026-03-20 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Happywhale - Sperm whale in South 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_1728 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_1728 |
| 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 16 contributors in alphabetic order: Andy Wolff; Chris & Monique Fallows; Ella Potts; Henri Leinfelder; Jamie Coleman; Joel Moore; John Bonnett; Juergen Gangoly; Justin Ianelli; Kirsten; Marian Herz; Marijke Nita de Boer; Marilia Olio; Michael Scott; Paula Olson; Tony Reimer
| Purpose | |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 10.82144/8be7bca0 |
| 5a8ed410-33dd-45bd-a514-6440fc5dfd63 | |
| https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1728 | |
| 8f066bc7-f4d3-4b40-a0a4-4dfabfaa2585 | |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1728 |