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Cetacean observations in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea, Mauritius to the Philippines, April 1999

Dataset homepage

Citation

de Boer, M.N. 2000. A note on cetacean observations in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea, Mauritius to the Philippines, April 1999. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 2(3):197-199. https://doi.org/10.15468/jxvw8e accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.

Description

Original provider: Marijke de Boer Dataset credits: Marijke de Boer Abstract: Information on cetaceans in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea is summarized from a cruise carried out from 29 March to 17 April 1999. Ten species were positively identified: finless porpoise, pantropical spotted dolphin, spinner dolphin, sperm whale, melon-headed whale, pygmy killer whale, false killer whale, Cuvier’s beaked whale, Bryde’s whale and fin whale. Spotted dolphins, melon-headed and pygmy killer whales were sighted around the Island of Borneo and sightings of fin whales and a sperm whale west of the Balabac Strait suggest a possible migration route of these species between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. This is the first record of fin whales in the South China Sea. Purpose: This note details cetacean observations made during a cruise from Mauritius to the Philippines in April (ca 4,520 nautical miles). Supplemental information: Time was not provided, so it was filled with "00:00:00."

Purpose

This note details cetacean observations made during a cruise from Mauritius to the Philippines in April (ca 4,520 nautical miles).

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. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  2. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  3. Balaenoptera brydei
    common name: Bryde's whale rank: species
  4. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  5. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  6. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  7. Neophocaena phocaenoides
    common name: Finless Porpoise rank: species
  8. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  9. Peponocephala electra
    common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
  10. Feresa attenuata
    common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
  11. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  12. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  13. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Indian Ocean,Asia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Marijke de Boer
originator
position: Primary contact
Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen
email: marijkedeboer@hotmail.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
Marijke de Boer
owner
position: Primary contact
Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen
email: marijkedeboer@hotmail.com
Marijke de Boer
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen
email: marijkedeboer@hotmail.com
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