Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferredfrom whaling records
Citation
Conor Ryan, Susannah Calderan, Cherry Allison, Russell Leaper, Denise Risch. 2022. Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 1 - 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3873 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-31.Description
Original provider: Conor Ryan Dataset credits: IWC Abstract: Archived logbooks detailing landings at Scottish shore-based whaling stations between 1903 and 1951 were used to map whale catch locations. Historical distribution and occurrence are inferred and summary statistics on total landings are updated for blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), North Atlantic right (Eubalaena glacialis), sei (Balaenoptera borealis) and sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) whales: a total of 9,996 whales were caught during this period, which is 3.7% higher than previously reported and 25% higher for blue whales. Supplemental information: This dataset contains a subset of the data used in the citation. The data belong to IWC and the use of the data should be credited to the references.Purpose
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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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Balaenoptera borealiscommon name: Sei Whale rank: species
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Balaenoptera musculuscommon name: Blue Whale rank: species
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Balaenoptera physaluscommon name: Fin Whale rank: species
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Eubalaena glacialiscommon name: North Atlantic Right Whale rank: species
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Hyperoodon ampullatuscommon name: Northern bottlenose whale rank: species
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Megaptera novaeangliaecommon name: Humpback Whale rank: species
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Physeter macrocephaluscommon name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Scotland
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