Cetacean distribution around Mayotte Island

Jeremy Kiszka

doi:10.15468/bvpm8k

Cetacean distribution around Mayotte Island

Citation

Kiszka, J. 2009. Cetacean distribution around Mayotte Island. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/463) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/bvpm8k accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Original provider: Jeremy Kiszka Dataset credits: Jeremy Kiszka Abstract: This dataset gather 434 cetacean sightings around the Mozambique Channel island of Mayotte (France). These data were systematically collected during surveys having various objectives (small cetaceans, humpback whales). It includes 18 species, including the dugong, the humpback whale, beaked whales (2 species), sperm whales (3 species) and 11 delphinids. Supplemental information: Effort data will be appended later.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Dugong dugon
common name: Dugong rank: species
Feresa attenuata
common name: Pygmy Killer Whale rank: species
Globicephala macrorhynchus
common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Indopacetus pacificus
common name: Longman's Beaked Whale rank: species
Kogia breviceps
common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
Kogia sima
common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
Lagenodelphis hosei
common name: Fraser's Dolphin rank: species
Megaptera novaeangliae
common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
Mesoplodon densirostris
common name: Blainville's Beaked Whale rank: species
Peponocephala electra
common name: Melon-headed Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Pseudorca crassidens
common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
Sousa chinensis
common name: Chinese white dolphin rank: species
Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
Stenella longirostris
common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops aduncus
common name: Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jeremy Kiszka
originator
position: Primary contact
Florida International University
email: jeremy.kiszka@gmail.com
homepage: https://ccor.fiu.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://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: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Jeremy Kiszka
owner
position: Primary contact
Florida International University
email: jeremy.kiszka@gmail.com
homepage: https://ccor.fiu.edu

Jeremy Kiszka
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Florida International University
email: jeremy.kiszka@gmail.com
homepage: https://ccor.fiu.edu