https://doi.org/10.82144/c169062f https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/306 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/1fe622d7-0c36-4591-b2c6-1af9e41daf87 https://obis.org/dataset/adb7a322-0207-4363-8b55-2218d0305549 David Hyrenbach Duke University Marine Laboratory Primary contact khyrenba@u.washington.edu http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html Hal Whitehead Dalhousie University Primary contact hwhitehe@dal.ca http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor David Hyrenbach Duke University Marine Laboratory Primary contact khyrenba@u.washington.edu http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html owner Hal Whitehead Dalhousie University Primary contact hwhitehe@dal.ca http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Dalhousie University Dataset credits: Hal Whitehead, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University Abstract: The Sargasso Sea cruise surveyed marine birds and mammals in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, during the summer of 2004. This survey, onboard the Valiant 40 ocean-going research vessel Balaena, consisted of two survey legs: a sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Beaufort, North Carolina (May 5 - 27), and a round trip from Beaufort, North Carolina to offshore waters north of the Bahamas (June 2 - 22). Sperm whales were surveyed during both legs by members of the Hal Whitehead laboratory. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting sperm whales Sargasso Sea Vessels Sightings N/A This dataset includes sperm whale sightings and survey effort. The effort data include sightings during surveys (on effort) and during focal follows of sperm whale schools (off effort). The survey track was recorded by logging a position every 10 minutes using the vessel's GPS. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/306 Oceans,North Carolina,Bahamas,Sargasso Sea -71.013 -63.24087 41.06255 31.168 2004-05-06 2004-06-15 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale The purpose of this cruise was to study the behavior (principally social organization), ecology, and population biology of sperm whales. notPlanned David Hyrenbach Duke University Marine Laboratory Primary contact khyrenba@u.washington.edu http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html Hal Whitehead Dalhousie University Primary contact hwhitehe@dal.ca http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca NA NA NA David Hyrenbach owner Hal Whitehead owner NA zd_306 2025-07-31T14:13:27-04:00 dataset Hyrenbach, D. and H. Whitehead. 2008. Sargasso sperm whales 2004. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/c169062f. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/306 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/306/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/306/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_306 zd_306