The Dolphin Project

Fran Lapolla

doi:10.15468/vs8rf8

The Dolphin Project

Citation

Lapolla, F. 2013. The Dolphin Project. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/304) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/vs8rf8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Original provider: The Dolphin Project, Inc. Dataset credits: The Dolphin Project, Inc. Abstract: The Dolphin Project, Inc. conducts quarterly abundance surveys along Georgia estuarine waters to obtain the relative number of dolphins. Also, Photo ID surveys are conducted from January through November to track previously identified dolphin and catalog new individuals.. The dataset includes data of sightings of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin primarily in Georgia estuarine waters from 1992 to 2003. Purpose: The Dolphin Project seeks to contribute to the understanding of marine mammals, expand the public's knowledge and concern for our marine environment, and add to the knowledge base of bottlenose dolphins through the sharing of collected field data. Supplemental information: Survey effort data, which are points data not lines, are available. Please contact the data provider (contact person) about how to use the effort data. Upon permission from the data provider, OBIS-SEAMAP will release the effort data to the user.

Purpose

The Dolphin Project seeks to contribute to the understanding of marine mammals, expand the public's knowledge and concern for our marine environment, and add to the knowledge base of bottlenose dolphins through the sharing of collected field data.

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).

Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Atlantic,Atlantic Ocean,East coast,estuarine waters,USA,United States Of America,Georgia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Fran Lapolla
originator
position: Primary contact
University Of Georgia
email: lapolla@uga.edu
homepage: http://www.uga.edu/aquarium

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

Fran Lapolla
owner
position: Primary contact
University Of Georgia
email: lapolla@uga.edu
homepage: http://www.uga.edu/aquarium

Fran Lapolla
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University Of Georgia
email: lapolla@uga.edu
homepage: http://www.uga.edu/aquarium