Killer whales of the Caribbean Sea 1866-2012
Citation
Bolanos J, Blumenthal J, Bogomolni A, Casas J J, Ferrer G R, Henriquez A, Iniguez M, Khan J, Landrau N, Luksenburg J, Mignucci-Giannoni A, Rinaldi C, Sutty L, Ward N, OBIS-SEAMAP (2021). Killer whales of the Caribbean Sea 1866-2012. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3nx6uy accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-26.Description
Original provider: CWOP (Caribbean-Wide Orca Project) Dataset credits: Bolaños-Jimenez Abstract: CWOP is an international cooperative initiative coordinated by Jaime Bolaños (Venezuela), Angiolina Henríquez (Aruba) and Jolanda Luksenburg (The Netherlands) that includes participation of marine mammalogists and researchers working on killer whales in the Caribbean Sea Purpose: The purpose of CWOP is centralize, analize and publish all available information on orcas sightings and records in the Caribbean Sea Supplemental information: This dataset includes various types of data (sightings from boats and aerial surveys, takes and strandings).References cited in the dataset:
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- Blanco-Domínguez M (2011) Ballenas y Delfines. In: Borroto-Páez R, Mancina CA (eds), Mamíferos en Cuba, UPC Print, Vasa, Finland.
- Boisseau O, Leaper R. and Moscrop A. (2006) Observations of small cetaceans in the Eastern Caribbean. Paper SC/58/SM24 presented to the Scientific Committee, 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), St Kitts and Nevis.
- Bolaños-Jiménez J, Fertl D & Iñíguez M (2009) A note on killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Venezuelan waters, 1982-2008. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 7: 75–79.
- Caldwell DK & Caldwell MC (1969) Addition of the leatherback sea turtle to the known prey of the killer whale, Orcinus orca. Journal of Mammalogy 50: 636.
- Caldwell DK & Caldwell MC (1975) Dolphin and small whale fisheries of the Caribbean and West Indies: Occurrence, History, and Catch Statistics — with Special Reference to the Lesser Antillean Island of St. Vincent. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 32: 1105–1110.
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- Debrot AO (1998) New Cetacean Records for Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 34: 168–170.
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- Erdman DS (1970) Marine mammals from Puerto Rico to Antigua. Journal of Mammalogy 51: 636–639.
- Erdman DS (1970) Marine mammals from Puerto Rico to Antigua. Journal of Mammalogy 51: 636–639.
- Fielding R (2010) Artisanal whaling in the Atlantic: a comparative study of culture, conflict, and conservation in St. Vincent and the Faroe islands. PhD thesis, Louisiana State University, Louisiana, USA.
- Katona SK, Beard JA, Girton PE & Wenzel F (1988) Killer whales (Orcinus orca) from the Bay of Fundy to the equator, including the Gulf of Mexico. Rit Fiskideildar 11: 205–224.
- Magileviciute E (2007) Whales and Dolphins in Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras: preliminary observations. Utila Centre for Marine Ecology, Utila, Honduras.
- Mannocci L, Monestiez P, Bolaños-Jiménez J, Dorémus G, Jeremie S, Laran S, Rinaldi R, Van Canneyt O & Ridoux V (2013) Megavertebrate communities from two contrasting ecosystems in the western tropical Atlantic. Journal of Marine Systems, 111-112: 208-222
- Mignucci-Giannoni AA (1989) Zoogeography of marine mammals in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Master’s thesis, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
- Ottley T, Henry C, Khan A, Siung-Chang A & Sturm M (1988) Incidents involving whales in Trinidad waters during 1987. The Living World (The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalist’s Club), Trinidad and Tobago, pp. 47.
- Oviedo L, Esteves MA, Alfe E, Acevedo-Galindo R & Bolaños-Jiménez J (2009) Interaction between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) off northeastern Venezuela. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 2 – Biodiversity. Records online. Available electronically at http://www.mba.ac.uk/jmba/pdf/6156.pdf.
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Purpose
The purpose of CWOP is centralize, analize and publish all available information on orcas sightings and records in the Caribbean SeaSampling Description
Study Extent
NASampling
NAMethod steps
- NA
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Orcinus orcacommon name: Killer Whale rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Oceans
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jaime Bolanosoriginator
position: Primary contact
Sea Vida
email: megapterax@yahoo.com
Janice Blumenthal
originator
position: Secondary contact
Marine Turtle Research Group
email: jblumenthal@seaturtle.org
Andrea Bogomolni
originator
position: Secondary contact
Andrea Bogomolni
email: abogomolni@gmail.com
Jose Julio Casas
originator
position: Secondary contact
Jose Julio Casas
email: None
Grisel Rodriguez Ferrer
originator
position: Secondary contact
Grisel Rodriguez Ferrer
email: torneo_pr@yahoo.com
Angiolina Henriquez
originator
position: Secondary contact
Angiolina Henriquez
email: angiolinah@gmail.com
Miguel Iniguez
originator
position: Secondary contact
Miguel Iniguez
email: miguel.iniguez@wdcs.org
Jalaludin Khan
originator
position: Secondary contact
Jalaludin Khan
email: indiversity@gmail.com
Nelma Landrau
originator
position: Secondary contact
Nelma Landrau
email: nelma_marine86@yahoo.com
Jolanda Luksenburg
originator
position: Secondary contact
Jolanda Luksenburg
email: j.luksenburg@yahoo.com
Antonio Mignucci-Giannoni
originator
position: Secondary contact
Antonio Mignucci-Giannoni
email: mignucci@manatipr.or
Caroline Rinaldi
originator
position: Secondary contact
Caroline Rinaldi
email: evastropic@wanadoo.fr
Lesley Sutty
originator
position: Secondary contact
Lesley Sutty
email: l.sutty@orange.fr
Nathalie Ward
originator
position: Secondary contact
Nathalie Ward
email: nathalie.ward@noaa.gov
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
Jaime Bolanos
owner
position: Primary contact
Sea Vida
email: megapterax@yahoo.com
Janice Blumenthal
originator
position: Secondary contact
Marine Turtle Research Group
email: jblumenthal@seaturtle.org
Andrea Bogomolni
originator
position: Secondary contact
Andrea Bogomolni
email: abogomolni@gmail.com
Jose Julio Casas
originator
position: Secondary contact
Jose Julio Casas
email: None
Grisel Rodriguez Ferrer
originator
position: Secondary contact
Grisel Rodriguez Ferrer
email: torneo_pr@yahoo.com
Angiolina Henriquez
originator
position: Secondary contact
Angiolina Henriquez
email: angiolinah@gmail.com
Miguel Iniguez
originator
position: Secondary contact
Miguel Iniguez
email: miguel.iniguez@wdcs.org
Jalaludin Khan
originator
position: Secondary contact
Jalaludin Khan
email: indiversity@gmail.com
Nelma Landrau
originator
position: Secondary contact
Nelma Landrau
email: nelma_marine86@yahoo.com
Jolanda Luksenburg
originator
position: Secondary contact
Jolanda Luksenburg
email: j.luksenburg@yahoo.com
Antonio Mignucci-Giannoni
originator
position: Secondary contact
Antonio Mignucci-Giannoni
email: mignucci@manatipr.or
Caroline Rinaldi
originator
position: Secondary contact
Caroline Rinaldi
email: evastropic@wanadoo.fr
Lesley Sutty
originator
position: Secondary contact
Lesley Sutty
email: l.sutty@orange.fr
Nathalie Ward
originator
position: Secondary contact
Nathalie Ward
email: nathalie.ward@noaa.gov
Jaime Bolanos
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Sea Vida
email: megapterax@yahoo.com