Marybio Foundation marine mammal shipboard sightings in Bahia San Antonio, Patagonia 2008-2010

Marybio Foundation

Dataset credit

Marybio Foundation

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Els Vermeulen Marybio Foundation
Data entry Connie Kot Duke University

Citation

Vermeulen, E. 2011. Marybio Foundation marine mammal shipboard sightings in Bahia San Antonio, Patagonia 2008-2010. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/709) on yyyy-mm-dd.

Abstract

Bahía San Antonio is home for bottlenose dolphins (whole year long) and southern right whales (winter months). Both species face a need of urgent increase in conservation management policies. On one side, the bottlenose dolphin population is declining in almost the entire country due to human induced factors as over fishing, pollution and habitat destruction. On the other side, the southern right whales are being under increasing pressure of tourism activities (whale-watching and swimming with whales) which are being executed without regulations. Our studies aim to gain information and knowledge on these species, to be able to implement urgent management strategies.

Purpose

Boat-based observations are made in Bahía San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina, in order to study residency patterns, abundance, and social composition of local bottlenose dolphins, and to study the behavioral response of southern right whales to human approaches.

Supplemental information

N/A

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Attributes

Overview

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Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidUnique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)
yearYear of observation
monthMonth of observation
dayDay of observation
obs_dateObserved date
obs_countObserved count
obs_timeObserved time
latitudeLatitude of observation
longitudeLongitude of observation
sp_obsSpecies observed
sp_tsnSpecies ITIS TSN
OBIS-SEAMAP ID709
Seabirds0
Marine mammals164
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total164
Date, Begin2008-01-27
Date, End2010-09-25
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude-40.92 - -40.76
Longitude-65.11 - -64.86
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. through
Registered2010-01-04
Updated2011-01-13
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Shared with OBIS
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