Happywhale - Sperm Whale in South Pacific Ocean

Ted Cheeseman; Ted Cheeseman

doi:10.15468/2fk94g

Happywhale - Sperm Whale in South Pacific Ocean

Citation

Happywhale. 2021. Happywhale - Sperm Whale in South Pacific Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1730) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.15468/2fk94g accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-05.

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 20 contributors in alphabetic order: Alain Bidart; Alvaro Jaramillo; Andrea Klaussner; Conor Ryan; Elie Vannier; Hannah Romanowski; Jamie Coleman; Jim Wilson; Joel Moore; Kiana Viceroy; Madelon Stuut; Marian Herz; Marilia Olio; Mark Andrew Cornish; Mike Greenfelder; Peter Geraerts; Ran Dembo; Rémi Bigonneau; Ricardo Matus; Yuan

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).

Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Coral Sea;Solomon Sea;South Pacific Ocean

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