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Happywhale - Beluga in Arctic Ocean

Dataset homepage

Citation

Happywhale. 2025. Happywhale - Beluga in Arctic Ocean. Version 1.2.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org//10.82144/1b7bccf0. accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-19.

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.

Purpose

N/A

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

  1. NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS. 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 19 contributors in alphabetic order: A-G Tissot; Anita Rude; Anna Astafurova; Anton Chaiko; Conor Ryan; Karen Mulders; Kerstin Langenberger; Kristin Adelsberger; Léa Zinsli; Mick Peerdeman; MV Hondius; Patrick Chauvet; Steffo Polar; Suzanne Wafer; Ted Cheeseman; Tiyasa Samanta; Victoria Stokes; whitney van arsdale; Елена Викторовна Бойко

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  1. Delphinapterus leucas
    common name: Beluga rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Data extent

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2025. Happywhale encounter. - https://happywhale.com/

Contacts

Ted Cheeseman
originator
position: Primary contact
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://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.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://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.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com
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