Visual observations recorded during the Antarctic blue whale voyage to the Southern Ocean 2013

The ‘Logger’ data entry system was developed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and is a flexible system to record information during a voyage. This system was the primary data entry system for the voyage and all events were recorded in Logger’s database.


The logger access database contains all data collected throughout the Antarctic blue whale voyage related to:

Observer effort (effort status, event, number of observers and locations, ship guide and data logger)

Cetacean sightings and resightings (time, sighting number, sighting platform, estimate distance, binocular reticles, angle, species, sighting cue, heading, estimate of number of individuals, observer of sighting, behaviour, pod compaction, comments)

Sonobuoy deployments (time, sonobuoy number, notes)

Environmental observations (sightability, sea state, swell, weather, cloud cover, visibility, intensity, glare, ice, sea surface temperature)

GPS data (time indexed NMEA feed)

CTD deployments (time, notes)

Biopsy events (time, success, sample number, reaction, attempts, dart recovery, notes)

Simple

Identification info

Alternate title
Visual observations recorded during the Antarctic blue whale voyage to the Southern Ocean 2013
Date (Publication)
2017-09-12
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.4225/15/59b7230ac8e8b

Originator

Andrews-Goff, V., Double, M. and Miller, B.S.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

ANDREWS-GOFF, VIRGINIA
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Principal investigator

DOUBLE, MIKE
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Principal investigator

MILLER, BRIAN SETH
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

ANDREWS-GOFF, VIRGINIA
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

MILLER, BRIAN SETH
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102_Visobs2013

Purpose
Systematic sightings data including quantified effort, environmental co-variates that may affect detection probability and initial locations relative to the vessel of all sightings were collected whenever possible. These data have the potential to contribute to analyses of the following: (i) Distribution patterns and localised density of other baleen whale species (humpback, fin and minke whales) with respect to aggregations of blue whales and other co-variates such as distance from ice edge; (ii) Blue whales that were seen but not heard provide data on acoustic detection probability; (iii) Spatial scale and density of blue whales within aggregations including comparisons with acoustic data and average group size; and (iv) Comparisons of observed locations of fin and humpback whales with bearings of vocalisations heard on sonobuoys to enable better descriptions of the acoustic repertoire of these species in the Southern Ocean.
Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

Extent

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Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2013-01-30 2013-03-17
Title
Blue whale vocalizations recorded around New Zealand: 1964-2013
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
135

Author

Miller B.S., Collins K., Barlow J., Calderan S., Leaper R., McDonald M., Ensor P., Olson P.A., Olavarria C., Double M.C.
Name
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Issue identification
3
Page
1616-1623
Title
Software for the localisation of baleen whale calls using DIFAR sonobuoys: PAMGuard DIFAR
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
SC/65b/SH06

Author

Miller B.S., Gillespie D., Weatherup G., Calderan S., Double M.C.
Other citation details
International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting (SC65b), Bled, Slovenia, May 2014
Title
Source levels of Antarctic blue whale calls measured during the 2013 Antarctic blue whale voyage: preliminary results
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
SC/65b/SH11

Author

Miller B.S., Leaper R., Calderan S., Collins K., Double M.C.
Other citation details
International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting (SC65b), Bled, Slovenia, May 2014
Title
Estimating drift of DIFAR sonobuoys when localizing blue whales
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
SC/65b/SH09

Author

Miller B.S., Wotherspoon S., Calderan S., Leaper R., Collins K., Double M.C.
Other citation details
International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting (SC65b), Bled, Slovenia, May 2014
Title
Long-range acoustic tracking of Antarctic blue whales
Date (Publication)
2013
Citation identifier
SC/65a/SH18

Author

Miller B.S., Barlow J., Calderan S., Collins K., Leaper R., Kelly N., Peel D., Olson P., Ensor P., Double M.C.
Other citation details
International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting (SC65a), Jeju Island, Korea, June 2013
Title
New Zealand blue whales: initial photo-identification of a little-known population
Date (Publication)
2013
Citation identifier
SC/65a/SH12

Author

Olson P.A., Ensor P., Olavarria C., Schmitt N., Childerhouse S., Constantine R., Miller B.S., Double M.C.
Other citation details
International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting (SC65a), Jeju Island, Korea, June 2013
Title
Designing an effective mark–recapture study of Antarctic blue whales.
Date (Publication)
2015
Citation identifier
25

Author

Peel, D., Bravington, M., Kelly, N., and Double, M. C.
Name
Ecological applications
Issue identification
4
Page
1003-1015
Title
Red shift, blue shift: Investigating doppler shifts, blubber thickness, and migration as explanations of seasonal variation in the tonality of Antarctic blue whale song.
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
9

Citation identifier
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107740

Author

Miller B S, Leaper R, Calderan S, Gedamke J
Name
PLoS One
Page
e107740
Title
A Simulation Study of Acoustic-Assisted Tracking of Whales for Mark-Recapture Surveys
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
9

Author

Peel D., Miller B.S., Kelly N., Dawson S., Slooten E., Double M.C.
Name
PLoS ONE
Issue identification
5
Page
e95602
Title
Satellite telemetry derived summer movements of Antarctic blue whales.
Date (Publication)
2013
Citation identifier
SC/65a/SH03

Author

Andrews-Goff, V., Olson, P. A., Gales, N. J. and Double, M. C.
Other citation details
Paper submitted for consideration by the IWC Scientific Committee
Title
Photo-identification of Antarctic blue whales during the SORP Antarctic Blue Whale Voyage 2013
Date (Publication)
2013
Citation identifier
SC/65a/SH11

Author

Olson, P.A., Ensor, P., Schmitt, N., Olavarria, C. and Double, M.C.
Other citation details
Paper submitted for consideration by the IWC Scientific Committee.
Title
Validating the reliability of passive acoustic localisation: a novel method for encountering rare and remote Antarctic blue whales.
Date (Publication)
2015
Citation identifier
26

Author

Miller B S, Barlow J, Calderan S, Collins K, Leaper R, Olson P, Ensor P, Peel D, Donnelly D, Andrews-Goff V, Olavarria C, Owen K, Rekdahl M, Schmitt N, Wadley V, Jason G, Gales N, Double M C
Name
Endangered Species Research
Page
257-269
Title
Antarctic Blue Whale surveys: augmenting via genetics for close-kin and ordinal age
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
SC/65b/SH17

Author

Bravington M., Jarman S., Skaug H.J.
Other citation details
International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting (SC65b), Bled, Slovenia, May 2014
Title
Accuracy and precision of DIFAR localisation systems: Calibrations and comparative measurements from three SORP voyages
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
SC/65b/SH08

Author

Miller B.S., Gedamke J., Calderan S., Collins K., Johnson C., Miller E., Samaran F., Smith J., Double M.C.
Other citation details
International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting (SC65b), Bled, Slovenia, May 2014
Title
Low-frequency vocalizations of sei whales
Date (Publication)
2014
Citation identifier
136

Author

Calderan, S., Miller, B., Collins, K., Ensor, P., Double, M., Leaper, R., and Barlow, J.
Name
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Issue identification
6
Page
EL418-EL423
Title
Cruise report on SORP 2013 Antarctic blue whale voyage.
Date (Publication)
2013
Citation identifier
SC/65a/SH21

Author

Double, M. C., Barlow, J., Miller, B. S., Olson, P. A., Andrews-Goff, V., Kelley, N., Peel, D., Leaper, R., Ensor, P., Calderan, S., Collins, K., Davidson, M., Deacon, C., Donnelly, D., Lindsay, M., Olavarria, C., Owen, K., Rekdahl, M., Schmitt, N., Wadley, V. and Gales, N. J.
Other citation details
Paper presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2013, Jeju, Republic of Korea.
Title
Antarctic Blue Whale Voyage 2013: Science Plan
Date (Publication)
2013

Author

Double, M.C., Miller, B.S., Kelly, N., Leaper, R., Andrews-Goff, V., Schmitt, N., Wadley, V. and Lindsay, M.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Division
Website
www.marinemammals.gov.au/sorp

Title
Blue whale songs recorded around South Island, New Zealand.
Date (Publication)
2013
Citation identifier
SC/65a/SH19

Author

Miller, B.S., Collins, K., Barlow, J., Calderan, S., Leaper, R., McDonald, M., Ensor, P., Olson, P., Olavarria, C. and .Double, M.C.
Other citation details
Paper submitted for consideration by the IWC Scientific Committee.
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES
Keywords
  • ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE VOYAGE
  • CETACEAN VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
  • LOGGER DATABASE
  • MARK RECAPTURE
  • BLUE WHALE
  • FV AMALTAL EXPLORER
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • BINOCULAR > BINOCULAR
  • Computer > Computer
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • SHIPS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

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This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

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Title
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Website
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Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This dataset has been collected under the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) Southern Ocean Research Partnership (SORP). The IWC-SORP ethos is one of open collaboration, communication and data sharing. The Data User will acknowledge the use of the IWC SORP dataset by the following statement: Data provided by the International Whaling Commission’s Southern Ocean Research Partnership were all based upon non-lethal samples collected under a protocol approved by the Australian Antarctic Program Animal Ethics Committee (AAPAEC). These data were provided by the Partnership for the purpose of collaborative investigation. 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=AAS_4102_Visobs2013 when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
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Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

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Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2017-09-12T00:00:00
Units of distribution
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Distribution format
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Maintenance note
2017-09-06 - record created by Virginia Andrews-Goff.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/AAS_4102_Visobs2013

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

ANDREWS-GOFF, VIRGINIA
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC
Title
Parent Metadata Record
Citation identifier
AAS_4102_2013_Antarctic_Blue_Whale_Voyage

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Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
1ddd78f4-dc4e-4343-a0db-d9bed6291384

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2021-11-17T12:22:29

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Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102_Visobs2013

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2017-09-06T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-09-11

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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