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: Adam Ernster; adam maire; Aisha Yousuf; Alana Flores; Alan Wight; Alex Lamoreaux; Alvaro Jaramillo; Amanda Urena; Amy Houghton; Andreas Economou; Andre estevez; Andrew D. MacDonald; Andy; Ann Pitts; Ashley Schenkel; Ben Hagler; Bethany Shimasaki; Bobbie Hedges; Brandy Ritchie; Brett Banditelli; Brian Piper; Bryan Tucker; Capt Nicholas robbins; chelsea bradley; Chelsea Mayer; Chris; Chris Biertuempfel; Dale Frink; Dane McDermott; Daniel Cayton; Dave Cade; David Ellsworth; Deana Glenz; Debra Kettler; Delaney Trowbridge; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Doug Fishman; Elizabeth Robinson; Erica Sackrison; Eric Austin Yee; Eric G Horvath; Erich Starzinger; Erika Lippoldt; Erin Helms; Evan Brodsky; Floyd Hayes; Frank Rotter; gary mockli; Gert van der Heide; Hadley Gross; Hamish Laird; Hayley Newell; Isidore Szczepaniak - †; Jeannette Ashlin; Joel Barrett; Joe Meuleman; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Julie Janss; Kathryn Clouston; Kathy Peavey; Ken Southerland; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kim Powell; Lars Petersson; Laura Lopez; Liam Ragan; Lily Lin; Lisa may; Lotti Keenan; Maria Laura Marcias; Marian Herz; Marie O'Shaughnessy; Marilia Olio; Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Girardeau; Mark OBrien; Matthew Liivoja; Matt Jackson; Max Block; Megan Hillyer; Mella Re; Michael Nelson; Mike Davies; Mike Doherty; Mike Justa; Mindy Huston; Molly Batts; Monica Smith; Naresh Satyan; Natalie Kervin; Nath; Neil OMalley; Nico Heyning; Nicole Webster; Patricia VanOver Indictor; Patrick Sysiong; Philip Stone; Raquel Vasquez; Regina Domingo Esgleas; Robert Perry; Robin Froman; Robin Lowe; Ron Charbonneau; Ron Niebrugge; Rose Franklin; Sarah Ford; Sean Richards; Stephanie Pendergrass; steve; Steve Willetts; Susanne Meyer; SWFSC - Southwest Acoustic Ecology Lab; Sydney Minges; Taylour Arami; Ted Cheeseman; Tim Bray; Trinitie Seeber; Valérie Stekke
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 1,130 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 - Fin whale in North Pacific Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1751) 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: 4c2cc260-f3a4-4107-a306-791b5840eb6f. 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/1751 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1751/xml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
Geographic Coverage
Bering Sea;Gulf of Alaska;Gulf of California;North Pacific Ocean;The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [24.31, -172.765], North East [60.098, 165] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Species | Balaenoptera physalus (Fin whale) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2003-08-27 / 2024-07-08 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Happywhale - Fin whale in North Pacific 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_1751 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_1751 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Purpose | Not available |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 4c2cc260-f3a4-4107-a306-791b5840eb6f |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1751 |