Happywhale - Common minke whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Ted Cheeseman; Ted Cheeseman

doi:10.82144/23d9d94a

Happywhale - Common minke whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Citation

Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Common minke whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/23d9d94a. accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.

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.

Purpose

N/A

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

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 59 contributors in alphabetic order: Aleksandra Lechwar; Alex Lamoreaux; Allie Smith; Andy Pollard; bev dant; Bob Deleno; Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Cedric Faucher; Chad Carlson; Chloé Chartrand; Chris Mahy; Conor Ryan; Ed John; Erin T.; Espaço Talassa; Félix Bélanger; Grégoire; Jack Digman; Jan Vinclair; Jason Denesevich; Jeannine Winkel; Jennifer Stoudt; Jen Villers; Jessica IHLE; Joanna Clegg; John House; Jonathan Reid; Jono Leadley; Julie Fesquet; Lior Behar; Loes de Heus; Malcolm Clark; Marilia Olio; Mark Morse; Matthias; Melissa OLeary; Mella Re; Michael John Stevenson; Michael Stone; Mitch Doucet; Mona Wong; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Maud; MS Otto Sverdrup; Phillippa Tichotova; Rory Jackson West Cork Ocean Tours; Sabine+Ulf; Sarah Robinson; Seán O'Callaghan; Serguei Ponomarenko; Shawn Newton; Sigrún Helgudóttir; Simon villeneuve; Ted Cheeseman; Theo Vickers; Tianshuo Wang; Tim Stenton; Vanessa Newhook; Warren Zimmer

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Common minke whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Data extent

Bibliographic Citations

Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. - https://happywhale.com/

Contacts

Ted Cheeseman
originator
position: Primary contact
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

Ted Cheeseman
owner
position: Primary contact
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com

Ted Cheeseman
originator
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com

Ted Cheeseman
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com