Happywhale - Humpback Whale in North Atlantic Ocean
Citation
Cheeseman T, OBIS-SEAMAP (2022). Happywhale - Humpback Whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Version 2.9. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/x2mr7z accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-24.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 377 contributors in alphabetic order: aalilith; Abigail R Van Hemmen; Adrian Boyle; Agne; Agus Schiavi; Aisha Yousuf; Alayna Hawkins; Alessandro Verga; Alexandra Plüss Schmidlin; Allied Whale - Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company; Allied Whale North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog; Al Weishar; Amanda Smith; Amy; Amy Fowler; Amy Tudor; Andrea Klaussner; Andreas Huppert; Andrea Stover; Andrew Stevenson; Andrzej Karon; Andy Hollingsworth; Andy Vallans; Andy Williams; Annette Bombosch; Anton Chaiko; Aquatic Adventures Citizen Scientists; Arjen Drost; Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.; Ashley Hamilton; Atlantiangra - whale watching; Audrey; Avner Chen; Azores Experiences; Barbara Hall Blumer; Bar Harbor Whale Watch; Barry Gutradt; Berit Solstad; Bernardo Alps; Beth Simmons; Betsy Kelly; Beverly Orthwein; Bill Cork; bill hunnewell; Bill Mick; Bill Vlcek; Bonnie Gretz; Brenda Tregunna; Brett; Brian Chmielecki; Brian Doherty; Brian Martin; Bruce Meldrum; Bruce Schuette; Bryan Payne; Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Cape Ann Whale Watch; Carina Gsottbauer; Caroline Kelley; Caroline Weir; Carol Irwin; Carolyn Egazarian; Cathy Bacon; Charlotte; Chelsea pugh; Cheryl; Chris Croxson; Christian Engelke; Christian Turek; Christina McMahon; Christine Ellsworth; Claire Gatherall; Claude Joiris; Claudia Wagner; Colby Brokvist; Colleen Humphries; Conor Ferrin; Conor Ryan; Corey Leamy; Cristin McKee; Dale Frink; Damon Mullins; Dan Carmen; Dan Harville; Dani Chow; Daniel Aurelio Reyes; Dan M; DarrenJew; DAVID ALLAN; David Glassberg; David Kaposi; david lambert; David Orr; Dawn Devitt; Deana Glenz; Dean Dey; Debbie Rumbolt; Debbie Thompson; Deb Stewart; Deb Young; Denison Church; Diane Byrd; Divya Singh; Dominique Caverly; Don Davison; Don Kaplan; Donna Ikenberry; Doug Cheeseman; Drew Collins; Dulon Nicolas; Durlan Ingersoll; Eddy Thys; Elizabeth Sparrow; Elizabeth Zwamborn; Elke; Ellen Gomez; Emma Webb; Era Horton; Eric Austin Yee; Eric Carr; Eric Hynes; Esther Connock; evelyn dumka; Ewa Malinowska; Faan Weldhagen; Felicia Capelle; Floris van Haarst; fm5050; Franck Hollander; Frank Hennicke; Frederik Van de Perre; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Gale McCullough; Garrett Coakley; Gary Gittis; Gavin Pattison; Genna Roland; Geoff Kerr; Germán Orizaola; Gina Marie Greer; GordieBryce; GothamWhale; Grace Guiney; Greg Johnson; Gregory P. Key; Guylaine Marchand; Hal Whitehead; Hanna Michel; Hans Verdaat; Heather Reser; Heitor C; Helen Ahern; Hella Martens; Henk Meeuwes; Herman de Jongh; Holly A Hogan; Iain Allison; Ian Winter; Ibrahim Urooj Saeed; Ingo Huber; Ivan Smirnov; James Coyer; James F C Hyde IV; Jamie Coleman; Janita van Timmeren; Jan Laufer; Jan P. Zegarra; Jason Medd; Jason Romanus; Jeannine Winkel; Jeff Bates; Jeff Bjornson; Jeff Friedman; Jeff Litton; Jeffrey Stewart; Jen; Jennifer Curley; Jerry Meyers; Jessica Bauman; Jessica Bonosky; Jim Scarff; Jim Tchobanoff; Jim Wilson; Joanne Buddle; Jo Clark; Jodi Frediani; Joel Sheppard; jofree; Johanne Thomas; John Chardine; John Ellert; John J King II; Johnny Giese; Joonas Kinni; Joseph Pender; Josh Wallace; JT; Judith Scott; Julianne Taylor; Justin Brown; Karen Francis; Karen Wilson Baptist; Katharine; Katharine Hart; Kathie Rokita; Kelly Plaas; Ken Balcomb; Kerstin Langenberger; Kimberly Irish; Kimberly Randal; Kim Miller; Kirsten MacTaggart; Kjersti Holmang; Kristin Rayfield; Kurt Johnson; Kyle Arvin; Lara Eade; Larry Bradfish; Lars Maltha Rasmussen; Laura Hale-Lawler; Laura Jourdan; LAURA RODRIGUEZ; Lauren Farmer; Laverne E Goering; Lester Green; Libby Orcutt; Lindsay Curtis; Lisa Hildebrand; Liza Clark; logan schoppert; LucieP; Luisa Longo; Maartend; Madalena; Mandy Gibson; Mandy Houston; mandy mcgrew; Marcin Solowiej; Marc Pelissier; Marcus Bergström; Margaret Easton; Mariann Cyr; Mariel Murazzi; Marie Mrusczok; Marjanne Claassen; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Bos; Mark Harris; Mark Malchoff; Mark OBrien; Marko Oudenaarden; Mark Rentz; Mark Schlaefer; Martin Lipman; martin p goodey; Matthew; Matt whitbeck; Memorial University of Newfoundland; Menkab, il respiro del mare; Meredith Jack; Michael Burn; Michael Farkas; Michael Jackson; Michael Scott; Michael Sherry; Michelle van Dijk; Mike Kimpton; Millie LaPierre; Mirko Lischer; Mithriel MacKay; Mr. Ronald Henry Cooper; Nacho Oria; Nadine Habib; nancy johnson; Nathan M Appel; New England Aquarium; Nick King; Nicole Boudreau; Nicole Leavitt; Nolwenn & Pauline; Ocean Research and Education Society (OERS); OMMAG; Oswaldo Vasquez; Pacific Whale Foundation; Pamela Le Noury; Pat O'Flaherty; Patricia Mezzina; Patrick Sysiong; Paul.Peluso; Paul Soulby; Payal S; Peter Diegutis; Peter Freeman; Peter Nelson; Philip Shearer; Rae Ann Quirion; Rafael Martins; Raghavan Nair; Raina Burke; Ralph Lee Hopkins; Renato; Rhonda Buxton; Richard Simon; Richard White; Richard Winston; Rich MacNeil; Robert A. Boas; Robert Andrew Ferguson; Robert Mann; Robert Ryan; Rob Gons; Robin Leuthardt; Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan; Rodrigo Castro; Ron Macdonald; RoryJackson; Rosemary Hillis; Rozanne Mackie; Rupert Kirkwood; Sabrina Voswinkel; Sally Walton; Sanne Bakkers; Santiago Imberti; Sara Franson; Sarah Heldt; Sarah Kather; Sara Shimazu; sawer; Sean Brady; Sea Of Whales Adventures; Serguei Ponomarenko; Shelley Lonergan; Sierra Brown; Simon Berrow; Simone Panigada; S&N; Soren Despain; SOS Dolfijn; Special Tours; Spyros Zacharioudakis; Staffan Bjornesjo; Stephanie Newkirk; stephen crouch; Steve J; Steve Willetts; Sue McMullen; Suranjith Peiris; Susan Hale; Susanne; Suzanne Conant; Ted Cheeseman; Terra Azul; Terry Godfrey; The Humpback Dive Shack; Theo Vickers; Thomas Olufson; Tobias Brehm; Tom; Tom and Lindsay Bell; Tom Conlin; Tom Green; T. Pieper; Trent Stubbs; Trinity Eco-tours; Trish; Veronika Doppelreiter; Victoria Stokes; Victor Wiens; Vincent von Kaenel; Wageningen Marine Research; Walter Churchill; Will Ganza; Wolfgang Jaekel; Wolfgang Schonberger; Years of the North Atlantic Humpback whale (YoNAH); Yves FleuriotPurpose
Not availableSampling Description
Study Extent
NASampling
NAMethod steps
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Megaptera novaeangliaecommon name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Barentsz Sea;Bay of Biscay;Bay of Fundy;Caribbean Sea;Celtic Sea;Davis Strait;English Channel;Gulf of St. Lawrence;Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland;Labrador Sea;Ligurian Sea;Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin;North Atlantic Ocean;North Sea
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Ted Cheesemanoriginator
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