https://doi.org/10.82144/66ff7f97 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/558 Alexandre Gannier Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés Primary contact a_o.gannier@sfr.fr www.cetaces.org OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Alexandre Gannier Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés Primary contact a_o.gannier@sfr.fr www.cetaces.org owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés Dataset credits: Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés and Alexandre Gannier Abstract: This set of data was obtained mainly with a 37 foot sailboat, with the help of many observers from Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés, most of the time coming from France mainland for the purpose of doing the survey. Alexandre Gannier has always been on board, director of the survey. Professor Claude Payri, Université de la Polynésie Française, has helped the project throughout the period. In addition to Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés, a few funds were sometimes contributed to the project: - Délégation à la Recherche (Polynésie Française) - Marineland (France) The data on <i>Steno bredanensis</i> was used by Ms. Kristi West, for the completion of one chapter of her PhD (University of Hawaii). 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 Vessels Sightings N/A There are acoustic complementary data covering several species, with the humpback whale as a focus from 1997 to 2006. Data were used in papers published in Aquatic Mammals (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006), Pacific Science, and JMBA. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/558 Oceans -153.533333 -148.005667 -15.0655 -23.421667 1996-01-05 2002-10-31 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin 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 Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin species Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale The purpose was to get baseline geo-referenced results on the general biogeography of the region. A specific project was run to study the humpback whale songs on a long term basis. notPlanned Alexandre Gannier Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés Primary contact a_o.gannier@sfr.fr www.cetaces.org NA NA NA Alexandre Gannier owner NA zd_558 2025-07-31T14:33:03-04:00 dataset Gannier, A. 2011. GREC Cetacean Sightings 1996-2002. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/66ff7f97. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/558 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/558/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/558/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_558 zd_558 Gannier, A. 2000. Distribution of cetaceans off the Society Islands (French Polynesia) as obtained from dedicated survey. Aquatic Mammals: 26(2): 111-126.