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Whale-Watching cetacean occurrences by Futurismo Azores Adventures from 2008 to 2018 off São Miguel (Azores)
Citation
González García L, Barata C, Idárraga Garcés V (2025). Whale-Watching cetacean occurrences by Futurismo Azores Adventures from 2008 to 2018 off São Miguel (Azores). Futurismo Azores Adventures. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8804
Contact: González García, Laura ;
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Description

Whale-watching vessels have become valuable platforms for cetacean data collection worldwide. In the Azores, a cetacean hotspot in the Atlantic, Futurismo Azores Adventures, a family-owned tourism company with whale-watching as its core business, has been collecting data regularly since 2008. The current dataset compiles observations of 20 cetacean species and 19 other species of marine megafauna, recorded by Futurismo Azores Adventures off São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal) from 2008 to 2018. Data was collected during 4219 whale-watching commercial trips conducted daily and year-round. This information has been prepared for publication within the framework of the DTO-BioFlow project, which aims to enable a data flow into the EU Digital Twin Ocean.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Azores, cetacean, Regional, ANE, Azores, Animalia, Aves, Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864, Beloniformes, Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896, Carcharhiniformes, Carnivora, Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811, Chordata, Delphinidae Gray, 1821, Elasmobranchii, Exocoetidae Risso, 1827, Hexanchiformes, Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1815, Mammalia, Mobulinae Gill, 1893, Molidae Bonaparte, 1835, Myliobatiformes, Orectolobiformes, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850, Phocidae Gray, 1821, Physeteridae, Procellariidae Vigors, 1825, Procellariiformes, Reptilia, Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815, Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840, Teleostei, Testudines, Tetraodontiformes, Xiphiidae Rafinesque, 1815, Ziphiidae Gray, 1850
Geographical coverage
ANE, Azores [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1 May 2008 - 31 December 2018
Taxonomic coverage
Animalia [WoRMS]
Aves [WoRMS]
Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 [WoRMS]
Beloniformes [WoRMS]
Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 [WoRMS]
Carcharhiniformes [WoRMS]
Carnivora [WoRMS]
Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 [WoRMS]
Chordata [WoRMS]
Delphinidae Gray, 1821 [WoRMS]
Elasmobranchii [WoRMS]
Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 [WoRMS]
Hexanchiformes [WoRMS]
Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Mammalia [WoRMS]
Mobulinae Gill, 1893 [WoRMS]
Molidae Bonaparte, 1835 [WoRMS]
Myliobatiformes [WoRMS]
Orectolobiformes [WoRMS]
Pelecaniformes [WoRMS]
Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850 [WoRMS]
Phocidae Gray, 1821 [WoRMS]
Physeteridae [WoRMS]
Procellariidae Vigors, 1825 [WoRMS]
Procellariiformes [WoRMS]
Reptilia [WoRMS]
Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840 [WoRMS]
Teleostei [WoRMS]
Testudines [WoRMS]
Tetraodontiformes [WoRMS]
Xiphiidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 [WoRMS]
Contributors
Futurismo Azores Adventures, data creator, owner
González García, Laura
Barata, Catarina
Idárraga Garcés, Valeria
Rodrigues, Ruben
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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Project
DTO - BioFlow: Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean
Data type: Data
Release date: 2025-03-27
Metadatarecord created: 2025-04-03
Information last updated: 2025-04-17
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