UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations

Kate Arnold; Ben Maughan

doi:10.15468/6zsrhp

UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations

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

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Lagenorhynchus acutus
common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Hyperoodon
rank: genus
Balaenoptera brydei
common name: Bryde's whale rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cephalorhynchus commersonii
common name: Commerson's Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
common name: Dusky Dolphin rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Eschrichtius robustus
common name: Gray Whale rank: species
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Lagenorhynchus cruciger
common name: Hourglass Dolphin rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Sousa chinensis
common name: Chinese white dolphin rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Globicephala melas
common name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Lagenorhynchus australis
common name: Peale's Dolphin rank: species
Globicephala
common name: pilot whales rank: genus
Phocoenidae
common name: porpoises rank: family
Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
common name: Pygmy blue whale rank: subspecies
Caperea marginata
common name: Pygmy Right Whale rank: species
Kogia breviceps
common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
Eubalaena
rank: genus
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Balaenopteridae
common name: rorquals rank: family
Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Stenella clymene
common name: Clymene Dolphin rank: species
Hyperoodon planifrons
common name: Southern Bottlenose Whale rank: species
Eubalaena australis
common name: Southern Right Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Stenella
common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
Stenella
common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
common name: White-beaked Dolphin rank: species
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