Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013

Oliver Boisseau

doi:10.15468/5c69jn

Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013

Citation

Boisseau O, OBIS-SEAMAP, ACCOBAMS and WDCS (2021). Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5c69jn accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-18.

Description

Original provider: International Fund for Animal Welfare, Song of the Whale Team Dataset credits: Oliver Boisseau, Marine Conservation Research International Supplemental information: [2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Turtles: Testudines (173749) => Testudines (948936) The databases from 1993 to 2013 were merged into one dataset. Attributes recorded in these databases may differ. Since GPS data would become too huge to effectively visualize online, every 10th record was extracted. All GPS data can be requested. Environmental attributes were recorded less frequently than the GPS data and not all GPS records get environmental attributes attached.

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).

Arctocephalus forsteri
common name: Australasian fur seal rank: species
Cetorhinus maximus
common name: basking shark rank: species
Mesoplodon densirostris
common name: Blainville's Beaked Whale rank: species
Prionace glauca
common name: blue shark rank: species
Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera brydei
common name: Bryde's whale rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Phoca vitulina
common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Kogia sima
common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Lagenodelphis hosei
common name: Fraser's Dolphin rank: species
Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Halichoerus grypus
common name: Atlantic gray seal rank: species
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
Cystophora cristata
common name: Hooded Seal rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Peponocephala electra
common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Monachus monachus
common name: Mediterranean Monk Seal rank: species
Hyperoodon ampullatus
common name: Northern bottlenose whale rank: species
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Globicephala melas
common name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Globicephala
common name: pilot whales rank: genus
Feresa attenuata
common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
Kogia breviceps
common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Tasmacetus shepherdi
common name: Shepherd's Beaked Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Stenella
common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Mola mola
common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
Alopias vulpinus
rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Odontoceti
common name: toothed whales rank: suborder
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Phocidae
common name: earless seals rank: family
Elasmobranchii
common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
Testudines
common name: Turtles rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Animalia
rank: kingdom
Rhincodon typus
common name: whale shark rank: species
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
common name: White-beaked Dolphin rank: species
Lagenorhynchus
common name: white-beaked dolphins rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic Ocean,Mediterranean Sea

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Oliver Boisseau
originator
position: Primary contact
Song of the Whale team, MCR International
email: oboisseau@mcr-team.org
homepage: http://www.marineconservationresearch.org

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

Oliver Boisseau
owner
position: Primary contact
Song of the Whale team, MCR International
email: oboisseau@mcr-team.org
homepage: http://www.marineconservationresearch.org

ACCOBAMS and WDCS
originator
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)
homepage: http://www.accobams.org/

Oliver Boisseau
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Song of the Whale team, MCR International
email: oboisseau@mcr-team.org
homepage: http://www.marineconservationresearch.org