Cetacean diversity, distribution, and abundance in northern Veracruz, Mexico

Occurrence Observation
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Description

Original provider: Arturo Serrano Dataset credits: Arturo Serrano, Laboratorio de Mamiferos Marinos, Universidad Veracruzana Abstract: The distribution and abundance of marine mammals along the United States coast of the Gulf of Mexico are well-documented, but similar studies for the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico are lacking. Furthermore, these animals are important indicators of the marine ecosystem health, and scientific research is needed to develop appropriate conservation strategies. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine the diversity, distribution, and relative abundance of marine mammals in the northern coasts of Veracruz, Mexico.

Data Records

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Serrano, A. 2011. Cetacean diversity, distribution, and abundance in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/d751d6fe.

Rights

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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: f42628b4-328a-4a77-9ff6-720a5c58f01f.  OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Marine Biology; Visual sighting; Vessels; Sightings; Cetaceans; manatees; sea turtles; sharks; Occurrence

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/530 UTF-8 Interactive map
FGDC Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/530/fgdc UTF-8 XML
EML Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/530/eml UTF-8 XML

Contacts

Arturo Serrano
  • Owner
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Primary contact
University of Vera Cruz
OBIS-SEAMAP
  • Metadata Provider
  • Distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
  • A328 LSRC building
27708 Durham
NC
US

Geographic Coverage

Oceans,Mexico,Veracruz,Gulf of Mexico

Bounding Coordinates South West [19.25, -97.416], North East [21.617, -95.6]

Taxonomic Coverage

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genus Delphinus (Common dolphins)
Species Galeorhinus galeus (tope), Globicephala macrorhynchus (Short-finned pilot whale), Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's ridley), Sphyrna mokarran (great hammerhead), Stenella attenuata (Pantropical spotted dolphin), Stenella longirostris (Spinner dolphin), Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2005-03-10 / 2008-08-04

Project Data

No Description available

Title Cetacean diversity, distribution, and abundance in northern Veracruz, Mexico
Funding NA

The personnel involved in the project:

Arturo Serrano
  • Owner

Sampling Methods

NA

Study Extent NA

Method step description:

  1. NA

Collection Data

Collection Name zd_530
Collection Identifier zd_530
Parent Collection Identifier OBIS-SEAMAP

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Serrano, A. 2009. Aquatic Vertebrates of Veracruz.

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS.

Purpose

The objective of this study was to determine the diversity, distribution, and relative abundance of aquatic mammals in Veracruz, Mexico.

Alternative Identifiers https://doi.org/10.82144/d751d6fe
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/530
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/f42628b4-328a-4a77-9ff6-720a5c58f01f
https://obis.org/dataset/f5eb3f1e-d0b9-4878-9082-51986d8f5d85
f42628b4-328a-4a77-9ff6-720a5c58f01f
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_530