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Happywhale - Southern Right Whale in South Atlantic Ocean

Dataset homepage

Citation

Happywhale. 2022. Happywhale - Southern Right Whale in South Atlantic Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1783) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.15468/mr3aa5 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 54 contributors in alphabetic order: Adrian Boyle; Alain Bidart; Ana; Andrew Stanworth; Annette Bombosch; Antoine Viot; Bob Kretz; Carolyn Peterson; Cees Tineke; Charles Booysen; Christian Engelke; Christian Wegener; Claude Joiris; Conor Ryan; Cristián Rizzi; Dani Abras; Dewald van Breda; Dr. med Hartmut Bombosch; Ecosul Turismo; Ella Crowie; Ella Potts; Fanny; Frank Fish; Frank Tetreault; Hans Verdaat; Jamie Coleman; Javier Cotin; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jim Wilson; Joanna Lim; John White; Ken Finlay; Lucas Beltramino; Marian Herz; Marina Costa; Marina Rehder; Mark; Martin Anstee; Nikki; Paul McKinley; Peter Geraerts; Rémi Bigonneau; Sara Jenner; Seraf van der Putten; Sergey Subbotin; Sonia Pazos de Diego; Southern Right Charters; Stefan Bernhard; Steph & Oli Prince; Sue Luxton; Ted Cheeseman; Timo Hecken; Tobias Brehm; Tom Barcley

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

  1. NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  1. Eubalaena australis
    common name: Southern Right Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

South Atlantic Ocean

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
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