Dataset

Sargasso sperm whales 2004

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Original provider: Dalhousie University Dataset credits: Hal Whitehead, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University Abstract: The Sargasso Sea cruise surveyed marine birds and mammals in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, during the summer of 2004. This survey, onboard the Valiant 40 ocean-going research vessel Balaena, consisted of two survey legs: a sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Beaufort, North Carolina (May 5 - 27), and a round trip from Beaufort, North Carolina to offshore waters north of the Bahamas (June 2 - 22). Sperm whales were surveyed during both legs by members of the Hal Whitehead laboratory.

Citation: Hyrenbach, D. and H. Whitehead. 2008. Sargasso sperm whales 2004. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/c169062f.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 20:34

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_306

David Hyrenbach
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Hal Whitehead
Dalhousie University

11
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 11
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 11
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 11
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 11
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data