Dataset

Whale catches in the Southern Ocean

OBIS Australia Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Season whale catch records for austral summers from 1931/32 to 1979/80. Data has been aggregated into one degree cells centered on the reported position. Covers five whale species - Blue, Fin, Sei, Minke and Humpback.

Citation: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2018). Whale catches in the Southern Ocean.

Published: May 12, 2021 at 00:45

URL: https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/resource?r=sp_whales

DATA OFFICER AADC
Australian Antarctic Division

Johnathan Kool

7,122
occurrence records
6
taxa
6
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 7,122
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 7,122
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 7,122
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data