Dataset

Acoustic detections from R/V Song of the Whale during the spring 2019 MAPS survey (NMFS permit 14809)

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Original provider: Marine Conservation Research Dataset credits: Oliver Boisseau, Marine Conservation Research International Abstract: The dataset contains sperm whale acoustic detections made during the MAPS spring cruise in Apr/May 2019 (NMFS permit 14809). Each datapoint represents an acoustic detection of an individual sperm whale.

Citation: Boisseau, O. 2020. Acoustic detections from R/V Song of the Whale during the spring 2019 MAPS survey (NMFS permit 14809). Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/46f8b3e8.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 12:57

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2056

Oliver Boisseau
Song of the Whale team, MCR International

221
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 221
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 221
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 221
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 221
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data