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UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2001

Dataset homepage

Citation

McLellan, W. 2010. UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2001. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/65) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/keevhd accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-22.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Supplemental information: 3/26/07: common name for Eubalaena glacialis is changed from historical black right whale to Northern right whale sighting.

Purpose

Not available

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. Cetorhinus maximus
    common name: basking shark rank: species
  2. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  3. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  4. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  5. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  6. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  7. Dermochelys coriacea
    common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
  8. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
  9. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
  10. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  11. Globicephala melas
    common name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  12. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  13. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

William McLellan
originator
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
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
William McLellan
owner
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
William McLellan
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu
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