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Happywhale - Humpback Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Dataset homepage

Citation

Cheeseman T, OBIS-SEAMAP (2021). Happywhale - Humpback Whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Version 2.2. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xhfm33 accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-07-25.

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 377 contributors in alphabetic order: aalilith; Abigail R Van Hemmen; Adrian Boyle; Agne; Agus Schiavi; Aisha Yousuf; Alayna Hawkins; Alessandro Verga; Alexandra Plüss Schmidlin; Allied Whale - Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company; Allied Whale North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog; Al Weishar; Amanda Smith; Amy; Amy Fowler; Amy Tudor; Andrea Klaussner; Andreas Huppert; Andrea Stover; Andrew Stevenson; Andrzej Karon; Andy Hollingsworth; Andy Vallans; Andy Williams; Annette Bombosch; Anton Chaiko; Aquatic Adventures Citizen Scientists; Arjen Drost; Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.; Ashley Hamilton; Atlantiangra - whale watching; Audrey; Avner Chen; Azores Experiences; Barbara Hall Blumer; Bar Harbor Whale Watch; Barry Gutradt; Berit Solstad; Bernardo Alps; Beth Simmons; Betsy Kelly; Beverly Orthwein; Bill Cork; bill hunnewell; Bill Mick; Bill Vlcek; Bonnie Gretz; Brenda Tregunna; Brett; Brian Chmielecki; Brian Doherty; Brian Martin; Bruce Meldrum; Bruce Schuette; Bryan Payne; Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Cape Ann Whale Watch; Carina Gsottbauer; Caroline Kelley; Caroline Weir; Carol Irwin; Carolyn Egazarian; Cathy Bacon; Charlotte; Chelsea pugh; Cheryl; Chris Croxson; Christian Engelke; Christian Turek; Christina McMahon; Christine Ellsworth; Claire Gatherall; Claude Joiris; Claudia Wagner; Colby Brokvist; Colleen Humphries; Conor Ferrin; Conor Ryan; Corey Leamy; Cristin McKee; Dale Frink; Damon Mullins; Dan Carmen; Dan Harville; Dani Chow; Daniel Aurelio Reyes; Dan M; DarrenJew; DAVID ALLAN; David Glassberg; David Kaposi; david lambert; David Orr; Dawn Devitt; Deana Glenz; Dean Dey; Debbie Rumbolt; Debbie Thompson; Deb Stewart; Deb Young; Denison Church; Diane Byrd; Divya Singh; Dominique Caverly; Don Davison; Don Kaplan; Donna Ikenberry; Doug Cheeseman; Drew Collins; Dulon Nicolas; Durlan Ingersoll; Eddy Thys; Elizabeth Sparrow; Elizabeth Zwamborn; Elke; Ellen Gomez; Emma Webb; Era Horton; Eric Austin Yee; Eric Carr; Eric Hynes; Esther Connock; evelyn dumka; Ewa Malinowska; Faan Weldhagen; Felicia Capelle; Floris van Haarst; fm5050; Franck Hollander; Frank Hennicke; Frederik Van de Perre; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Gale McCullough; Garrett Coakley; Gary Gittis; Gavin Pattison; Genna Roland; Geoff Kerr; Germán Orizaola; Gina Marie Greer; GordieBryce; GothamWhale; Grace Guiney; Greg Johnson; Gregory P. Key; Guylaine Marchand; Hal Whitehead; Hanna Michel; Hans Verdaat; Heather Reser; Heitor C; Helen Ahern; Hella Martens; Henk Meeuwes; Herman de Jongh; Holly A Hogan; Iain Allison; Ian Winter; Ibrahim Urooj Saeed; Ingo Huber; Ivan Smirnov; James Coyer; James F C Hyde IV; Jamie Coleman; Janita van Timmeren; Jan Laufer; Jan P. Zegarra; Jason Medd; Jason Romanus; Jeannine Winkel; Jeff Bates; Jeff Bjornson; Jeff Friedman; Jeff Litton; Jeffrey Stewart; Jen; Jennifer Curley; Jerry Meyers; Jessica Bauman; Jessica Bonosky; Jim Scarff; Jim Tchobanoff; Jim Wilson; Joanne Buddle; Jo Clark; Jodi Frediani; Joel Sheppard; jofree; Johanne Thomas; John Chardine; John Ellert; John J King II; Johnny Giese; Joonas Kinni; Joseph Pender; Josh Wallace; JT; Judith Scott; Julianne Taylor; Justin Brown; Karen Francis; Karen Wilson Baptist; Katharine; Katharine Hart; Kathie Rokita; Kelly Plaas; Ken Balcomb; Kerstin Langenberger; Kimberly Irish; Kimberly Randal; Kim Miller; Kirsten MacTaggart; Kjersti Holmang; Kristin Rayfield; Kurt Johnson; Kyle Arvin; Lara Eade; Larry Bradfish; Lars Maltha Rasmussen; Laura Hale-Lawler; Laura Jourdan; LAURA RODRIGUEZ; Lauren Farmer; Laverne E Goering; Lester Green; Libby Orcutt; Lindsay Curtis; Lisa Hildebrand; Liza Clark; logan schoppert; LucieP; Luisa Longo; Maartend; Madalena; Mandy Gibson; Mandy Houston; mandy mcgrew; Marcin Solowiej; Marc Pelissier; Marcus Bergström; Margaret Easton; Mariann Cyr; Mariel Murazzi; Marie Mrusczok; Marjanne Claassen; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Bos; Mark Harris; Mark Malchoff; Mark OBrien; Marko Oudenaarden; Mark Rentz; Mark Schlaefer; Martin Lipman; martin p goodey; Matthew; Matt whitbeck; Memorial University of Newfoundland; Menkab, il respiro del mare; Meredith Jack; Michael Burn; Michael Farkas; Michael Jackson; Michael Scott; Michael Sherry; Michelle van Dijk; Mike Kimpton; Millie LaPierre; Mirko Lischer; Mithriel MacKay; Mr. Ronald Henry Cooper; Nacho Oria; Nadine Habib; nancy johnson; Nathan M Appel; New England Aquarium; Nick King; Nicole Boudreau; Nicole Leavitt; Nolwenn & Pauline; Ocean Research and Education Society (OERS); OMMAG; Oswaldo Vasquez; Pacific Whale Foundation; Pamela Le Noury; Pat O'Flaherty; Patricia Mezzina; Patrick Sysiong; Paul.Peluso; Paul Soulby; Payal S; Peter Diegutis; Peter Freeman; Peter Nelson; Philip Shearer; Rae Ann Quirion; Rafael Martins; Raghavan Nair; Raina Burke; Ralph Lee Hopkins; Renato; Rhonda Buxton; Richard Simon; Richard White; Richard Winston; Rich MacNeil; Robert A. Boas; Robert Andrew Ferguson; Robert Mann; Robert Ryan; Rob Gons; Robin Leuthardt; Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan; Rodrigo Castro; Ron Macdonald; RoryJackson; Rosemary Hillis; Rozanne Mackie; Rupert Kirkwood; Sabrina Voswinkel; Sally Walton; Sanne Bakkers; Santiago Imberti; Sara Franson; Sarah Heldt; Sarah Kather; Sara Shimazu; sawer; Sean Brady; Sea Of Whales Adventures; Serguei Ponomarenko; Shelley Lonergan; Sierra Brown; Simon Berrow; Simone Panigada; S&N; Soren Despain; SOS Dolfijn; Special Tours; Spyros Zacharioudakis; Staffan Bjornesjo; Stephanie Newkirk; stephen crouch; Steve J; Steve Willetts; Sue McMullen; Suranjith Peiris; Susan Hale; Susanne; Suzanne Conant; Ted Cheeseman; Terra Azul; Terry Godfrey; The Humpback Dive Shack; Theo Vickers; Thomas Olufson; Tobias Brehm; Tom; Tom and Lindsay Bell; Tom Conlin; Tom Green; T. Pieper; Trent Stubbs; Trinity Eco-tours; Trish; Veronika Doppelreiter; Victoria Stokes; Victor Wiens; Vincent von Kaenel; Wageningen Marine Research; Walter Churchill; Will Ganza; Wolfgang Jaekel; Wolfgang Schonberger; Years of the North Atlantic Humpback whale (YoNAH); Yves Fleuriot

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. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Barentsz Sea;Bay of Biscay;Bay of Fundy;Caribbean Sea;Celtic Sea;Davis Strait;English Channel;Gulf of St. Lawrence;Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland;Labrador Sea;Ligurian Sea;Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin;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
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