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Happywhale - Fin Whale in North Atlantic Ocean
Citation
Happywhale. 2022. Happywhale - Fin Whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1750) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Happywhale.com. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8568
Contact: Cheeseman, Ted ;

Access data
Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Description

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales. 

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Original provider: Happywhale

Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors

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 36 contributors in alphabetic order: Alexa Kershaw; Annette Bombosch; Anton Chaiko; bev dant; Bjarki; Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Cees Tineke; Christian Engelke; Claudia Wagner; Conor Ryan; Dale Frink; Dan Harville; De Wulf Maurina (maluga); Dominique Gallo; Franck Hollander; Harold Moses; Joy van der Beek; Kathie Rokita; Kerstin Langenberger; Maddy Montgomery; Madelon Stuut; Margot Sib; Marilia Olio; Mark OBrien; Max Block; Mitch Doucet; Norbert; Per Nikolaj Bukh; Raimondeau; Rory Jackson West Cork Ocean Tours; Sara Franson; Sarah Kather; Sea Fever Productions; Ted Cheeseman; Theo Vickers; Tobias Brehm


Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Occurrence, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -149,177; MinLat: 6,608 - MaxLong: 33,5414; MaxLat: 79,8463 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
2 January 2010 - 9 July 2024

Taxonomic coverage
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Contributors
Happywhaledata creatordata owner
Cheeseman, Ted
Duke University; Marine Geospatial Ecology Labdataset publisher

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System


Release date: 2024-04-16
Metadatarecord created: 2024-05-10
Information last updated: 2024-08-30
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