Marine Mammal Baseline Monitoring, Orange River Basin, Namibia, Block 2913B, Block 2912 - Namibia - 2023 – TotalEnergies E&P Namibia B.V.
Citation
Bordage V, TotalEnergies Namibia (2023). Marine Mammal Baseline Monitoring, Orange River Basin, Namibia, Block 2913B, Block 2912 - Namibia - 2023 – TotalEnergies E&P Namibia B.V.. Version 1.5. TotalEnergies. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/66yfda accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.Description
Marine mammals - mainly cetaceans (whales and dolphins) but including pinnipeds (seals) and marine turtlesSampling Description
Study Extent
East: 013°12.9998 (VENUS 1A); 12°9933 (NARA 1X) South: 29°22.4641 (VENUS 1A); 29°3056 (NARA 1X)Sampling
Visual observer stationed on an offshore drilling rig. Lookout duties with binoculars, scanning the water surface for any signs of marine mammals. Only sightings which were positively identified to species level is logged here (i.e. unidentified whale encounters were not included in this dataform)Method steps
- Continous observation during daylight hours (avg. 8 hours per day)
Taxonomic Coverages
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Cetacearank: order
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Pinnipediarank: infraorder
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Testudinesrank: order
Geographic Coverages
East: 013°12.9998 (VENUS 1A); 12°9933 (NARA 1X)
South: 29°22.4641 (VENUS 1A); 29°3056 (NARA 1X)
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Vincent Bordageoriginator
position: Biodiversity Support
TotalEnergies
FR
email: vincent.bordage@totalenergies.com
TotalEnergies Namibia
metadata author
position: Affiliate
TotalEnergies
NA
Steven Dickinson
administrative point of contact
position: Group biodiversity specialist
TotalEnergies
FR
email: steven.dickinson@totalenergies.com