UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2002

William McLellan

doi:10.15468/xm5muq

UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2002

Citation

McLellan, W. 2007. UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 2002. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/67) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/xm5muq accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: University of North Carolina at Wilmington Supplemental information: 3/26/07: common name for Eubalaena glacialis is changed from historical black right whale to Northern right whale sighting.

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).

Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Eubalaena glacialis
common name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
Stenella frontalis
common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Cheloniidae
common name: Sea Turtles rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

William McLellan
originator
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu

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

William McLellan
owner
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu

William McLellan
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of North Carolina Wilmington
email: mclellanw@uncw.edu