Dataset

Visual detections of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia (2004-2020)

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Sightings of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) were collated from a variety of published and unpublished sources. Two 14-day surveys undertaken between Darwin and Broome to describe the presence of snubfins in nearshore tidal river environments (datasets ID OH-001 and OH-002 (b) four 20-day offshore biodiversity surveys conducted under contract with industry (OH-003) in the waters of the Bonaparte Archipelago and Browse Basin; (c) 46 daily surveys of Roebuck Bay run along predetermined transect lines (OH-004); (d) 36 collaborative surveys undertaken by coastal Indigenous Ranger groups (Nyamba Buru Yawuru, Dambimangari, Balanggarra, and Uunguu) on their respective Sea Countries [OH-005005], in addition to a 3-day intensive census of snubfins in the YawuruNagulagan/Roebuck BayMarine Park. Full details of the surveys and methods used, referenced sources are in Table 1 of the cited paper Bouchet PJ, Thiele D, Marley SA, Waples K, Weisenberger F, Balanggarra Rangers, Bardi Jawi Rangers, Dambimangari Rangers, Nyamba Buru Yawuru Rangers, Nyul Nyul Rangers, Uunguu Rangers and Raudino H (2021) Regional Assessment of the Conservation Status of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:614852. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.614852

Citation: Bouchet PJ, Thiele D, Marley SA, Waples K, Weisenberger F, Balanggarra Rangers, Bardi Jawi Rangers, Dambimangari Rangers, Nyamba Buru Yawuru Rangers, Nyul Nyul Rangers, Uunguu Rangers and Raudino H (2021) Regional Assessment of the Conservation Status of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:614852. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.614852

Published: June 08, 2022 at 05:42

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=kimberley_snubnose_dolphins

Phil J. Bouchet
Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews

692
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

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Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 2
0.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data