MarBEF

Whale Watch Azores Bryde's whale 2004

Citation

Steiner, L., M.A. Silva, J. Zereba & M.J. Leal, 2007. Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera edeni, observed in the Azores: a new species record for the region. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1995

Contact: Whale Watch Azores

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Description

Dataset information available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/432 more

7 Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera brydei, were seen several times by whale watching boats around Faial and Pico Islands, Azores. They were observed from the beginning of July until the end of August. A mother/calf pair was the most frequently observed.

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Mammals

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Citizen science, Marine mammals, Whales, ANE, Azores, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878

Geographical coverage

ANE, Azores [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -28,878; MinLat: 38,345 - MaxLong: -28,08; MaxLat: 38,638 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

2004

Taxonomic coverage

Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878 [WoRMS]

Contributors

Whale Watch Azores, data creator

Related datasets

Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations

Publication

Based on this dataset

Steiner, L. et al. (2008). Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera edeni, observed in the Azores: a new species record for the region. Marine Biodiversity Records 1: e66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267207007282

URLs

Dataset information:

seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/432

Other:

seamap.env.duke.edu/digir/DiGIR.php

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Citizen science

Metadatarecord created: 2009-06-09

Information last updated: 2011-04-07

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