SCANS I cetacean sightings 1994

Claire Lacey

doi:10.15468/wr2p82

SCANS I cetacean sightings 1994

Citation

Lacey, C. 2015. SCANS I cetacean sightings 1994. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1183) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/wr2p82 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-14.

Description

Original provider: Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews Dataset credits: Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews Abstract: Shipboard and aerial line transect surveys were conducted of the North Sea and adhacent waters to provide accurate and avundance estimates of small cetaceans. Known as the SCANS survey, it was conducted in summer 1994. Shipboard transects covered 20,000 km and aerial transects covered 7000km. Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) and minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) dominated the data.

Purpose

Not available

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).

Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Lagenorhynchus
common name: white-beaked dolphins rank: genus
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
common name: Minke Whale rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Globicephala
common name: pilot whales rank: genus
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Cetacea
common name: cetaceans rank: order
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
common name: White-beaked Dolphin rank: species
Lagenorhynchus acutus
common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Claire Lacey
originator
position: Primary contact
Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews
email: cl20@st-andrews.ac.uk
homepage: http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/scans2/

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

Claire Lacey
owner
position: Primary contact
Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews
email: cl20@st-andrews.ac.uk
homepage: http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/scans2/

Claire Lacey
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews
email: cl20@st-andrews.ac.uk
homepage: http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/scans2/