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Virginia Aquarium Marine Mammal Strandings 1988-2008

Dataset homepage

Citation

Barco, S. 2013. Virginia Aquarium Marine Mammal Strandings 1988-2008. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/502) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/yne96y accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-19.

Description

Original provider: Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program Dataset credits: Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program Abstract: Virginia receives 100-140 marine mammal strandings per year and the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center (VAQS) is the sole response and rehabilitation facility in the state. VAQS records basic (level A) data, for all marine mammals, as well as more in depth (level B and C) data whenever possible. The OBIS dataset contains the basic level A data for all stranded marine mammals, responded to by VAQS, and spans the years of 1988-2008. Purpose: These data can be used to report the presence and seasonality of marine mammal species when survey data are lacking. Absence of a species from the dataset does not, however, indicate absence from the area as stranding data are opportunistic data that require detection of a mortality on a coastline. Those data points located in a water body indicate that the animal was first seen floating. Human interaction (HI) data are included as part of the level A dataset but must be analyzed carefully as 'YES' for HI does not necessarily indicate that the stranding or the death of an animal was caused by human activity.

Purpose

These data can be used to report the presence and seasonality of marine mammal species when survey data are lacking. Absence of a species from the dataset does not, however, indicate absence from the area as stranding data are opportunistic data that require detection of a mortality on a coastline. Those data points located in a water body indicate that the animal was first seen floating. Human interaction (HI) data are included as part of the level A dataset but must be analyzed carefully as 'YES' for HI does not necessarily indicate that the stranding or the death of an animal was caused by human activity.

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. Lagenorhynchus acutus
    common name: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin rank: species
  2. Mesoplodon europaeus
    common name: Gervais' Beaked Whale rank: species
  3. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  4. Delphinus delphis
    common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
  5. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  6. Kogia sima
    common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
  7. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  8. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  9. Trichechus manatus
    common name: West Indian Manatee rank: species
  10. Mesoplodon europaeus
    common name: Gervais' Beaked Whale rank: species
  11. Halichoerus grypus
    common name: Atlantic gray seal rank: species
  12. Phocoena phocoena
    common name: Harbor Porpoise rank: species
  13. Phoca vitulina
    common name: Harbor Seal rank: species
  14. Pagophilus groenlandicus
    common name: Harp Seal rank: species
  15. Cystophora cristata
    common name: Hooded Seal rank: species
  16. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  17. Globicephala melas
    common name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  18. Peponocephala electra
    common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
  19. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  20. Eubalaena glacialis
    common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
  21. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  22. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  23. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  24. Kogia breviceps
    common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
  25. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  26. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  27. Balaenoptera borealis
    common name: Sei Whale rank: species
  28. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  29. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  30. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  31. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  32. Stenella coeruleoalba
    common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
  33. Mesoplodon mirus
    common name: True's Beaked Whale rank: species
  34. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  35. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  36. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder

Geographic Coverages

Virginia,Chesapeake Bay,Mid Atlantic

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sue Barco
originator
position: Primary contact
Virginia Marine Science Museum
email: ocrab@erols.com
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
Sue Barco
owner
position: Primary contact
Virginia Marine Science Museum
email: ocrab@erols.com
Sue Barco
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Virginia Marine Science Museum
email: ocrab@erols.com
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