TemperateReefBase Geonetwork Catalogue
Macquarie Island Cetacean Sightings and Strandings
This dataset is a record of sightings and strandings of cetaceans (mainly whales) at Macquarie Island. Results have been reported from 1968 to 1990 on an irregular basis. The related publication (ANARE Research Notes 91) discusses a number of species including southern right (Balaena glacialis), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), strap-toothed (Mesoplodon layardii), sperm (Physter macrocephalus), longfin pilot (Globicephala melaene) and killer (Orcinus orca) whales. Quantitative data relating to orcas (from tables 1 and 2) are provided here, along with data related to other species extracted from the text.
The fields in this dataset are:
(Table 1)
number_of_individuals_in_pod
number_of_sightings
(Table 2)
month
number_of_sightings
minimum_number_of_individuals
maximum_number_of_individuals
number_of_males
number_of_females
number_of_adults
number_of_juveniles
number_of_calves
(From the text)
observation_date
location_name
longitude
latitude
common_name
scientific_name_original
scientific_name
abundance
notes
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- Macquarie Island Cetacean Sightings and Strandings
- Date (Publication)
- 1999-10-07
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
-
- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1968-01-01 1990-12-31
- Title
- Cetacean sightings and strandings at subantarctic Macquarie Island, 1968 to 1990.
- Date (Publication)
- 1994
- Citation identifier
- 91
Author
- Name
- ANARE Research Notes
- Page
- 15
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES
- Keywords
-
- CETACEANS
- DOLPHINS
- MACQUARIE ISLAND
- MONTH
- NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
- NUMBER OF SIGHTINGS
- NUMBERS BY AGE GROUP
- SEX
- SOUTHERN OCEAN
- WHALES
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Macquarie Island
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- The dataset is available for download from the provided URL.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
-
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license
- Use constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00039 when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 1999-10-07T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 1
- Distribution format
-
- csv
- OnLine resource
-
GET DATA
Download point for the data
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
ANARE Research Notes 91
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Completeness of sightings increased each year due to more personnel being present on Macquarie Island, and an increase of qualified observers on the island. Data were collected on an opportunistic basis by ANARE personnel stationed at Macquarie Island and observers on Australian Antarctic Division resupply ships within 20 nautical miles to the island, between January 1968 and December 1990. Details given in observations vary. Observations may not be completely consistent, due to differences between observers and techniques. Uncertain identifications have been included in a separate section in order to provide more complete data on the frequency of sightings.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2010-06-04 - record updated by Dave Connell to include PIC information. 2014-09-05 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2015-12-15 - record updated by Ben Raymond to reflect additional data.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/AADC-00039
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- a3d2c31d-3c89-4468-ae80-503e88da74e9
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2016-01-21T15:38:22
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
-
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00039
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 1999-10-07T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2017-04-26
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
Overviews
Spatial extent
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