Cascadia Research Blue Whale Photo IDs for US West Coast, 1972-2004
Citation
Calambokidis, J. 2013. Cascadia Research Blue Whale Photo IDs for US West Coast, 1972-2004. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/99) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/a2aykw accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
Original provider: Cascadia Research Collective Dataset credits: Cascadia Research Abstract: This dataset consists of 6,560 sighting records, including at least 1,803 uniquely identified blue whales. These were collected by Cascadia Research and collaborators from the eastern North Pacific from 1975 through 2004 (data collection is continuing). The primary extent of this dataset includes waters off California, Oregon, and Washington from 1986 to 2004, which accounts for over 6,000 of the records. Additional sighting records are from other regions of the North Pacific including the Eastern Tropical Pacific, British Columbia, and Alaska. These data represent the most extensive database of blue whale sightings available from the waters off the western United States and have provided the primary information available on movements and abundance of eastern North Pacific blue whales. Effort was not evenly distributed throughout the region so sighting locations are biased towards areas of highest effort. ID field links resightings of the same individual. Purpose: Data were gathered to document movements, population structure and abundance of blue whales in the eastern North Pacific (see Calambokidis and Barlow 2004, Calambokidis and Steiger 1997, Calambokidis et al. 1990). Supplemental information: Updated on March 30, 2006, expanding the dataset up to 2004.Purpose
Data were gathered to document movements, population structure and abundance of blue whales in the eastern North Pacific (see Calambokidis and Barlow 2004, Calambokidis and Steiger 1997, Calambokidis et al. 1990).
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Balaenoptera musculuscommon name: Blue Whale rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Oceans
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
John Calambokidisoriginator
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John Calambokidis
email: Calambokidis@cascadiaresearch.org
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
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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
John Calambokidis
owner
position: Primary contact
John Calambokidis
email: Calambokidis@cascadiaresearch.org
John Calambokidis
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
John Calambokidis
email: Calambokidis@cascadiaresearch.org