National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database

doi:10.15468/f68ga6

National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database

Citation

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2020). National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/f68ga6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-10-19.

Description

The National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database records reported sightings of whales and dolphins in Australian waters and maintains details of stranding events around the Australian coastline. This resource currently only show the sighting records.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Australian waters and elsewhere

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
homepage: https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/

metadata author
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
homepage: https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/

distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au

Jo Birch
administrative point of contact