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2021 Aerial survey data of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off southern Australia
Aerial surveys of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) were undertaken off the southern Australian coast to monitor the recovery of this endangered species following extreme 19th and 20th Century commercial whaling. The aerial survey was undertaken in the coastal waters from Perth (Western Australia) to Ceduna (South Australia) between the 12th and 17th August 2021, to maintain the annual series of surveys and inform the long-term population trend. The maximum whale counts for each leg of the survey flights between Cape Leeuwin and Ceduna, and consisted of a total 643 southern right whales sighted across the survey area (270 cow-calf pairs and 103 unaccompanied whales). The subsequent population estimate for the Australian ‘south-western’ population is 2,549 whales, which represents the majority of the Australian population given the very low numbers in the ‘south-eastern’ subpopulation. The population long-term trend data is indicating recent years (from 2007) are showing greater inter-annual variation in whale counts. To evaluate the recovery of the southern right whale population, it will be critical to collect long-term data on the annual variability in whale numbers related to the non-annual female breeding cycle and identify possible impacts on this by short-term climate dynamics, longer-term climate change and/or anthropogenic threats.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- 2021 Aerial survey data of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off southern Australia
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-10-28
- Edition
- 1
- Citation identifier
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Dataset DOI
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-04-23
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.26179/kkeb-1m46
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Purpose
- Assessing the status and trend of Australia's southern right whale populations.
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Oceans
- Biota
Extent
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Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2021-08-12 2021-08-17
- Title
- Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales from an aerial survey off southern Australia: Final Report on 2021 survey.
- Date (Publication)
- 2021
Author
- Name
- Report to the National Environmental Science Program
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES
- Keywords
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- SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES
- AERIAL SURVEY
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- CAMERAS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- CESSNA 172 SKYHAWK
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD/AU
- AMD
- CEOS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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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=NESP_2021_SRW when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Planned available datetime
- 2022-10-28T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 50
- Distribution format
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- Excel
- OnLine resource
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Resource lineage
- Statement
- Photo quality will be variable and requires assessment prior to assimilation into photo-identification catalogue http://data.marinemammals.gov.au/arwpic
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2022-10-28 - record created by Dave Connell from a template completed by Josh Smith.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/NESP_2021_SRW
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 73b7dd82-0b9d-42df-a379-63fb13c4a504
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2022-10-28T04:46:02
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/NESP_2021_SRW
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-10-28T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2022-10-28
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
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