Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos

Daniel Palacios

doi:10.15468/4ntnjb

Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos

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 2023-06-01.

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

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Arctocephalus galapagoensis
common name: Galpagos fur seal rank: species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera edeni
common name: Eden's whale rank: species
Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Feresa attenuata
common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Kogia sima
common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
Kogia
common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
Lagenodelphis hosei
common name: Fraser's Dolphin rank: species
Mesoplodon peruvianus
common name: Peruvian beaked whale rank: species
Mesoplodon
common name: beaked whales rank: genus
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Otariidae
common name: eared seals rank: family
Peponocephala electra
common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Zalophus wollebaeki
common name: Galpagos sea lion rank: species
Hyperoodontidae
rank: family
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