Marybio Foundation marine mammal shipboard sightings in Bahia San Antonio, Patagonia 2008-2010

Els Vermeulen

doi:10.15468/bc7qwf

Marybio Foundation marine mammal shipboard sightings in Bahia San Antonio, Patagonia 2008-2010

Citation

Vermeulen, E. 2011. Marybio Foundation marine mammal shipboard sightings in Bahia San Antonio, Patagonia 2008-2010. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/709) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/bc7qwf accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-13.

Description

Original provider: Marybio Foundation Dataset credits: Marybio Foundation Abstract: Bahía San Antonio is home for bottlenose dolphins (whole year long) and southern right whales (winter months). Both species face a need of urgent increase in conservation management policies. On one side, the bottlenose dolphin population is declining in almost the entire country due to human induced factors as over fishing, pollution and habitat destruction. On the other side, the southern right whales are being under increasing pressure of tourism activities (whale-watching and swimming with whales) which are being executed without regulations. Our studies aim to gain information and knowledge on these species, to be able to implement urgent management strategies. Purpose: Boat-based observations are made in Bahía San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina, in order to study residency patterns, abundance, and social composition of local bottlenose dolphins, and to study the behavioral response of southern right whales to human approaches.

Purpose

Boat-based observations are made in Bahía San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina, in order to study residency patterns, abundance, and social composition of local bottlenose dolphins, and to study the behavioral response of southern right whales to human approaches.

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).

Eubalaena australis
common name: Southern Right Whale rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Orcinus orca
common name: Killer Whale rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Argentina,Patagonia,Bahía San Antonio

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Els Vermeulen
originator
position: Primary contact
Marybio Foundation
email: elsvermeulen5@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.marybio.org

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

Els Vermeulen
owner
position: Primary contact
Marybio Foundation
email: elsvermeulen5@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.marybio.org

Els Vermeulen
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Marybio Foundation
email: elsvermeulen5@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.marybio.org