UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2001

William McLellan

doi:10.15468/keevhd

UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2001

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 2025-07-19.

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

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Cetorhinus maximus
common name: basking shark rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Phocoena phocoena
common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Manta birostris
common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Globicephala melas
common name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera
common name: baleen whales rank: genus
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