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 1 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 - Indian humpback dolphin in North Pacific Ocean. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. Data accessed on yyyy-mm-dd from https://doi.org/.
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 not been registered with GBIF
Keywords
Marine Biology; PhotoID; PhotoID;Visual sighting; Occurrence; Observation
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2052 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2052/fgdc UTF-8 XML |
| EML Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2052/eml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
- A328 LSRC building
Geographic Coverage
South China Sea
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [22.305, 22.305], North East [22.305, 114.115] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Species | Sousa plumbea (Indian humpback dolphin) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 2014-08-03 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Happywhale - Indian humpback dolphin 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_2052 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_2052 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Bibliographic Citations
- Cheeseman, T. and K. Southerland. 2026. Happywhale encounters. 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 1 contributors in alphabetic order: Henk de Groot
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| Alternative Identifiers | 10.82144/78618fb5 |
| https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2052 | |
| f7abb27a-cfbb-4444-a1ce-2d4eccb9d2aa | |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2052 |