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Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos

Dataset homepage

Citation

Palacios, D. 2013. Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/656) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/4ntnjb accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-16.

Description

Original provider: Daniel Palacios Dataset credits: Daniel M. Palacios and Ocean Alliance Abstract: This dataset contains sightings of marine mammals (whales, dolphins, otariids) collected off the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, during three expeditions by the Ocean Alliance in 1988-1989, 1993-1994, and 2000, aboard research vessels Siben (1988-1989) and Odyssey (1993-1994, 2000). Purpose: These sightings were collected during dedicated cruises primarily to study sperm whales. Supplemental information: Some records do not have time recorded. In this case, it is filled with “00:00:00” and noted in the [Notes] field. Some records do not have group size recorded. In this case, it is filled with “1” and noted in the [Notes] field.

Purpose

These sightings were collected during dedicated cruises primarily to study sperm whales.

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. Arctocephalus galapagoensis
    common name: Galpagos fur seal rank: species
  2. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  3. Balaenoptera edeni
    common name: Eden's whale rank: species
  4. Balaenoptera musculus
    common name: Blue Whale rank: species
  5. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  6. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  7. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  8. Feresa attenuata
    common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
  9. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  10. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  11. Kogia sima
    common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
  12. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  13. Lagenodelphis hosei
    common name: Fraser's Dolphin rank: species
  14. Mesoplodon peruvianus
    common name: Peruvian beaked whale rank: species
  15. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  16. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  17. Otariidae
    common name: eared seals rank: family
  18. Peponocephala electra
    common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
  19. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  20. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  21. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  22. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  23. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  24. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  25. Zalophus wollebaeki
    common name: Galpagos sea lion rank: species
  26. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
  27. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Galápagos Islands,Ecuador,Eastern Tropical Pacific

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Daniel Palacios
originator
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Daniel.Palacios@noaa.gov
homepage: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/~dpalacio/index.html
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
Daniel Palacios
owner
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Daniel.Palacios@noaa.gov
homepage: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/~dpalacio/index.html
Daniel Palacios
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
email: Daniel.Palacios@noaa.gov
homepage: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/~dpalacio/index.html
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