https://doi.org/10.82144/c06489db https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/463 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/eac15223-1582-464c-908a-5a80bb6c2577 https://obis.org/dataset/b1d6e504-32df-424c-92d6-a7f3495b0dae Jeremy Kiszka Florida International University Primary contact jeremy.kiszka@gmail.com https://ccor.fiu.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Jeremy Kiszka Florida International University Primary contact jeremy.kiszka@gmail.com https://ccor.fiu.edu owner 2025-07-31 eng 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. 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 N/A Effort data will be appended later. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/463 Oceans 44.8988785 45.3495089 -12.518143 -13.1185707 2004-07-31 2006-06-23 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Dugong dugon Dugong species Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Indopacetus pacificus Longman's beaked whale species Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale species Kogia sima Dwarf sperm whale species Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser's dolphin species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale species Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale species Sousa chinensis Chinese white dolphin species Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin species Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin species Tursiops aduncus Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin notPlanned Jeremy Kiszka Florida International University Primary contact jeremy.kiszka@gmail.com https://ccor.fiu.edu NA NA NA Jeremy Kiszka owner NA zd_463 2025-07-31T14:17:50-04:00 dataset Kiszka, J. 2009. Cetacean distribution around Mayotte Island. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/c06489db. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/463 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/463/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/463/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_463 zd_463 Gross, A., J. Kiszka, O. Van Canneyt, P. Richard, and V. Ridoux. 2009. A preliminary study of habitat and resource partitioning among co-occurring tropical dolphins around Mayotte, southwest Indian Ocean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences: 84(3):367-374.