{6DF8DEEA-5348-4071-8815-E21868EB2B68}2005031710154600FALSE20060124145915002006012414591500Relational databaseenThe Years of the North Atlantic Humpback whale (YoNAH) is the broadest-ranging, most intensive study ever undertaken of a marine mammal species. Standardized sampling protocols were used in all areas to minimizes biases due to sampling. The YoNAH project collected photographs of individually distinctive natural markings, genetic samples and behaviour data on humpback whales in the North Atlantic Ocean. Field work began in January 1992 with a large-scale study of humpbacks in their principal West Indies breeding range at Silver Bank, Navidad Bank and Samana Bay, Dominican Republic; and Mona Passage, Puerto Rico. During summer, sampling was conducted in all the known major North Atlantic feeding grounds: the Gulf of Maine, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, Labrador, southwestern Greenland, Iceland, and Norway. In 1993 the same schedule of field work was repeated.The YoNAH project is a unique research program utilizing photo-identification techniques and molecular genetics to conduct an intensive survey of the population ecology of humpack whales throughout their known North Atlantic range. This internationally collaborative project involves scientists from seven nations. YoNAH's vast database supports a wide range of scientific investigations and also provides reliable, detailed information on which to base management policy. Archives of photographs, tissue samples and data will provide a valuable legacy for future research.[2015-03-24] A sighting record at 1993-02-07 10:45:00 had a wrong animal count of zero. The value is replaced with a blank representing species presence only. The notes for this sighting mentions "NO GROUP SIZE ESTIMATE".
A sighting record at 1992-08-04 15:00:00 had a wrong animal count of zero. The value is replaced with "1" that is an average of min and max counts, 0 and 2 respectively.
Data collection and analyses were conducted by reserach groups familiar with the study sites and with a history in use of these techniques for the study of humpback whale ecology. Allied Whale is responsible for photographic analysis and for database management. All the 5,500 photographs have been compared to one another to identify re-sightings. The accompanying databases are receiving final corrections and revisions. There are five datasets from YoNAH, including this one.
Behavior of whales were recorded in some surveys.
Biopsy samples and photographs were taken if possible.
Ships efforts and sightings of species other than humpback whales are recorded in the Effort dataset.
Those datasets can be linked with LINKKEY field.<br/><br/>
For those records having null starttime but non-null endtime, endtime was added to date the date/time of the observation.Stevick, P2013YoNAH Encounterhttps://doi.org/10.82144/38fff617OBIS-SEAMAP274http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/274OBIS-SEAMAPVersion 1.7.0ground conditionREQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground.1992011519931208None planned-70.627240.678.1518.0013-70.627240.618.001378.15USANoneVesselsSightingsAnimalsCetaceansWhalesMarine mammalsHumpback whaleFeedingBreednigShip surveyObservationSightingbiotaenvironmentgeoscientificinformationlocationoceansEndangered SpeciesBiomassCommunity StructureRange ChangesMigrationConservationEnvironmental AssessmentsPopulation DistributionPopulation SizeNoneUSAUnited States Of AmericaGreenlandSwedenNorwayEuropeCaribbeanAtlantic OceanNorth AtlanticWest IndiesOpen public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.
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Stevick, P. 2013. YoNAH Encounter. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/274) on yyyy-mm-dd.
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Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115
2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references.
3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.
4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.
5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses.
6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.ShapefilePeter StevickBioscience Research Institute, University of Southern MainePeterStevick@aol.com96 Falmouth St.mailing and physical address176 Science BuildingPortlandME04104-9300USAunknownNils Oien2003Segregation of migration by feeding ground origin in North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)Journal of Zoology, London259 (2003)Peter Stevick, University of Southern MaineIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemIntegrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttp://www.itis.usda.gov/Downloaded April, 2004Refer to the contact information of the datasetHalpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach2009OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributionsOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtleMicrosoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800YoNAH_Encounter-70.627240.678.1518.00131-70.627240.678.1518.00131enFGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local timeREQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information.mailing and physical addressDurhamNC27708A328 LSRCUSA919-613-8021Ei FujiokaDuke Universityseamap-contact@duke.edu20150324http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profilehttp://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata Profile20150324ISO 19115 Geographic Information - MetadataDIS_ESRI1.0datasetOBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 2741.1351.135zipzipOBIS-SEAMAPInternet Explorer, Netscape NavigatorFreeGo to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site and click on [Datasets] tab appearing on upper left.Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.OBIS-SEAMAPmailing and physical addressDurhamNCUSAA328 LSRC27708176 Science Building919-613-8021seamap-contact@duke.eduNot to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.
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