Happywhale - Common Minke Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Ted Cheeseman; Ted Cheeseman

doi:10.15468/kfe9ge

Happywhale - Common Minke Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Citation

Happywhale. 2022. Happywhale - Common Minke Whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1741) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.15468/kfe9ge accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-04.

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. 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 24 contributors in alphabetic order: Allison Smith; Andrew Thompson; bev dant; Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Chloé Chartrand; Chris Mahy; Ed John; Félix Bélanger; Hans Verdaat; Lior Behar; Marilia Olio; Mark OBrien; Michael John Stevenson; Mitch Doucet; Mona Wong; MS Fridtjof Nansen; Rory Jackson West Cork Ocean Tours; Sarah Robinson; Sara Jenner; Serguei Ponomarenko; S. Helgu; Simon villeneuve; Ted Cheeseman; Theo Vickers

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Common Minke Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Barentsz Sea;Bay of Fundy;Celtic Sea;Davis Strait;Gulf of St. Lawrence;Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland;Labrador Sea;North Atlantic Ocean;North Sea

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

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