Happywhale - Common Minke Whale in North Pacific Ocean

Ted Cheeseman; Ted Cheeseman

doi:10.15468/sqkvmd

Happywhale - Common Minke Whale in North Pacific Ocean

Citation

Happywhale. 2022. Happywhale - Common Minke Whale in North Pacific Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1742) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.15468/sqkvmd accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-02.

Description

Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales. Supplemental information: Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 33 contributors in alphabetic order: Adam R. Kabir; Alethea Leddy; Ben Hagler; chelsea bradley; Derek Hallum; Emily Meucci; Eric Austin Yee; Frank Rotter; Holly Cannon; Jill Matyuch; Joe Meuleman; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Katherine McDermott; Kelly M Coursey Gray; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kim Crisp; Kristin Campbell; Mark Girardeau; Mark Indictor; Mark OBrien; Matt Jackson; Max Block; Megan Savage; Michael Pierson; Mike Justa; Paul D; Robert Perry; Sara Shimazu; Shaun Davidson; Steve OToole; Sydney Minges; Thais Dib Frias; Tracy Desiderio

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 acutorostrata
common name: Common Minke Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Gulf of Alaska;Gulf of California;North Pacific Ocean;The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ted Cheeseman
originator
position: Primary contact
Happywhale
email: ted@happywhale.com

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
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

Ted Cheeseman
owner
position: Primary contact
Happywhale
email: ted@happywhale.com

Ted Cheeseman
originator
happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com

Ted Cheeseman
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Happywhale
email: ted@happywhale.com