Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferredfrom whaling records

Conor Ryan

doi:10.1002/aqc.3873

Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferredfrom whaling records

Citation

Conor Ryan, Susannah Calderan, Cherry Allison, Russell Leaper, Denise Risch. 2022. Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 1 - 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3873 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-01-24.

Description

Original provider: Conor Ryan Dataset credits: IWC Abstract: Archived logbooks detailing landings at Scottish shore-based whaling stations between 1903 and 1951 were used to map whale catch locations. Historical distribution and occurrence are inferred and summary statistics on total landings are updated for blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), North Atlantic right (Eubalaena glacialis), sei (Balaenoptera borealis) and sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) whales: a total of 9,996 whales were caught during this period, which is 3.7% higher than previously reported and 25% higher for blue whales. Supplemental information: This dataset contains a subset of the data used in the citation. The data belong to IWC and the use of the data should be credited to the references.

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).

Balaenoptera borealis
common name: Sei Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera musculus
common name: Blue Whale rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Hyperoodon ampullatus
common name: Northern bottlenose whale rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Scotland

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Conor Ryan
originator
position: Primary contact
Conor Ryan
email: miolmor@gmail.com
homepage: http://conorryan.photography

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
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Durham
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email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://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: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

Conor Ryan
owner
position: Primary contact
Conor Ryan
email: miolmor@gmail.com
homepage: http://conorryan.photography

Conor Ryan
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Conor Ryan
email: miolmor@gmail.com
homepage: http://conorryan.photography