{999A9551-D701-4CF5-9373-131D3DD8D969} 20050512 19291400 FALSE 20060710 17161900 20060815 12091700 PlatformVesselsSightingsUser defined Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722 en Systematic surveys, conducted between 28 October 1978 and 13 November 1979 in the waters adjacent to Puerto la Cruz and Isla Margarita, Venezuela, documented the presence, distribution and habits of a population of Bryde's whales. Methods included aerial and boat surveys, interviews with local fishermen, and radio-tagging. Bryde's whales, apparently attracted by the abundance of food, were observed in the area between March and December; numbers were greatest in fall. Distribution within the study area varied with season: between march and August the whales were seen in the eastern part; from August to December in the western. Herd size increased from march through October. Although several cow and calf pairs were seen, breeding activities were not, and there is no evidence that this is a breeding area.Surveys were supported by the local company Turismo Margarita S.A., to better understand the causes of collisions between passenger jet hydrofoils and large marine animals, and advise on procedures to minimize such risk.An accompanying aerial survey dataset <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/836" target="_new">Bryde's whales off eastern Venezuela - Aerial 1978-1979</a> is available.<br/> The provider digitized the locations from the literature.<br/> The accuracy of the dates is year. Months and days are approximate.<br/> No time is provided. Substituted with 00:00:00.<br/> No group size is provided. Substituted with 1. Notarbartolo di Sciara, G2013https://doi.org/10.82144/b2012f87OBIS-SEAMAP835http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/835OBIS-SEAMAPVersion 1.0.0 ground condition1979-03-151979-11-15 CompleteNone planned -64.683298-63.82741710.91560710.38925-64.683298-63.82741710.3892510.915607 Open 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. Suggested citation for this dataset Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2013. Bryde’s whales off eastern Venezuela - Vessel 1978-1979. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/835) on yyyy-mm-dd. Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: 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. Shapefile Giuseppe Notarbartolo di SciaraTethys Research Institute mailing and physical address

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Milano20124Italy +390272001947tethys@tethys.org Integrated Taxonomic Information Systemhttp://www.itis.usda.gov/Downloaded April, 2004Refer to the contact information of the datasetKingdomAnimalia202423PhylumChordata158852SubphylumVertebrata331030ClassMammalia179913SubclassTheria179916InfraclassEutheria179925OrderCetacea180403SuborderMysticeti552298FamilyBalaenopteridae180522GenusBalaenoptera180523SpeciesBalaenoptera edeni180525Notarbartolo di Sciara G1983http://www.disciara.net/documents/NotarbartolodiSciara_1983.pdfHubbs-Sea World Research Institute Technical ReportSan Diego. 27 pWatkins WA, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Moore KE1979http://www.disciara.net/documents/Watkins_etal_1979.pdfWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical ReportWHOI-79-89. 8 pHalpin, 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. Hyrenbach2009Oceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle en FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time Ei Fujioka Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University mailing and physical addressDurhamNC27708

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27708 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu Not 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. Also please refer to Use Constraints. 002 Local Area Network 0.021 Shapefile Vector GCS_WGS_1984Decimal degrees0.0001670.000167D_WGS_1984WGS_19846378137.000000298.257224GCS_WGS_1984 This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.Hubbs-Sea World Research Instituteoidrecord_idprogressive numberdatabasedata creditsprojectTurismo Margarita Project (TMP)obs_dateApproximation of date: +/- 1,5 months based on information contained in Notarbartolo di Sciara 1983.obs_yearYear of the observationobs_timeApproximation of local time: +/- 7 hours based on information contained in Notarbartolo di Sciara 1983.latitudeLatitude in decimal degreeslongitudeLongitude in decimal degreessp_obsSpecies namesp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPobs_countgroup size = 1, to avoid overestimates, based on information contained in Notarbartolo di Sciara 1983.platformgeom20060815