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Harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and minke whales in North Sea - Land surveys
Citation
Weir, C.R., Stockin, K.A. and Pierce, G.J.. 2007. Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and minke whales off Aberdeenshire (UK), north-western North SeaJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK: 87: 327-338 In: OBIS-SEAMAP . OBIS-SEAMAP, http://seamap.env.duke.edu/. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1973
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Description
Dataset information available at seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/423 more

Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena, white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris, and minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata were assessed at a coastal North Sea study area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Between March 1999 and October 2001, cetacean data were collected using both land- and vessel-based survey methods. A total of 174 sightings of these three cetacean species was recorded during approximately 330 h of combined survey effort (228 h land-based and 102 h vessel-based). The data were collected to analyse the distribution and seasonality of cetacean species in the region, in order to provide recommendations for their long-term conservation and management.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Dolphins, land or seafloor, Marine mammals, Porpoises, surface vessel, Whales, ANE, North Sea, EurOBIS calculated BBOX

Geographical coverage
ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -2,0569; MinLat: 57,1042 - MaxLong: -1,9167; MaxLat: 57,3403 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
2000 - 2001

Contributors
Ketos Ecology, moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations

Publication
Based on this dataset
Weir, C.R.; Stockin, K.A.; Pierce, G.J. (2007). Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and minke whales off Aberdeenshire (UK), north-western North Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(1): 327-338. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407052721


Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2009-06-09
Information last updated: 2022-08-16
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