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UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations

Dataset homepage

Citation

Maughan, B. and K. Arnold. 2010. UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/64) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/6zsrhp accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-03.

Description

Original provider: UK Royal Navy Dataset credits: United Kingdom Royal Navy Abstract: This dataset includes unclassified incidental sightings of cetaceans from the United Kingdom Royal Navy ships. The dataset is global in coverage. Purpose: The Royal Navy often operates in remote areas and the purpose of collecting this sort of data is to contribute to a better scientific understanding of cetacean distributions, breeding areas, migration routes, etc. By ensuring that Royal Navy personnel keep watch for cetaceans helps them to comply with current risk mitigation measures. Supplemental information: 12/07/06: Observations for Lagenorhynchus acutus (180443: Atlantic white-sided dolphin) that are located in the Southern Hemisphere were replaced with Lagenorhynchus (180441: white-side dolphin)

Purpose

The Royal Navy often operates in remote areas and the purpose of collecting this sort of data is to contribute to a better scientific understanding of cetacean distributions, breeding areas, migration routes, etc. By ensuring that Royal Navy personnel keep watch for cetaceans helps them to comply with current risk mitigation measures.

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. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  2. Lagenorhynchus acutus
    common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  3. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  4. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  5. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  6. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  7. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  8. Hyperoodon
    rank: genus
  9. Balaenoptera brydei
    common name: Bryde's whale rank: species
  10. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  11. Cephalorhynchus commersonii
    common name: Commerson's Dolphin rank: species
  12. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  13. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  14. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  15. Lagenorhynchus obscurus
    common name: Dusky Dolphin rank: species
  16. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  17. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  18. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  19. Eschrichtius robustus
    common name: Gray Whale rank: species
  20. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  21. Lagenorhynchus cruciger
    common name: Hourglass Dolphin rank: species
  22. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  23. Sousa chinensis
    common name: Chinese white dolphin rank: species
  24. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  25. Globicephala melas
    common name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  26. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  27. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  28. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  29. Lagenorhynchus australis
    common name: Peale's Dolphin rank: species
  30. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  31. Phocoenidae
    common name: porpoises rank: family
  32. Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
    common name: Pygmy blue whale rank: subspecies
  33. Caperea marginata
    common name: Pygmy Right Whale rank: species
  34. Kogia breviceps
    common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
  35. Eubalaena
    rank: genus
  36. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  37. Balaenopteridae
    common name: rorquals rank: family
  38. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  39. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  40. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  41. Stenella clymene
    common name: Clymene Dolphin rank: species
  42. Hyperoodon planifrons
    common name: Southern Bottlenose Whale rank: species
  43. Eubalaena australis
    common name: Southern Right Whale rank: species
  44. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  45. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  46. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  47. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  48. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  49. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  50. Lagenorhynchus albirostris
    common name: White-beaked Dolphin rank: species
  51. Lagenorhynchus
    common name: white-beaked dolphins rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Kate Arnold
originator
position: Primary contact
Kate Arnold
email: None
Ben Maughan
originator
position: Primary contact
UK Hydrographic Office
email: Ben.Maughan@ukho.gov.uk
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
Kate Arnold
owner
position: Primary contact
Kate Arnold
email: None
Ben Maughan
owner
position: Primary contact
UK Hydrographic Office
email: Ben.Maughan@ukho.gov.uk
Kate Arnold
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Kate Arnold
email: None
Ben Maughan
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
UK Hydrographic Office
email: Ben.Maughan@ukho.gov.uk
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