Macquarie Island Cetacean Sightings and Strandings

This dataset is a record of sightings and strandings of cetaceans (mainly whales) at Macquarie Island. Results have been reported from 1968 to 1990 on an irregular basis. The species include Southern right (Balaena glacialis), Minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Strap-toothed (Mesoplodon layardii),...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Geoff Copson (isOwnedBy)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Polar Information Commons
Subjects:
EARTH SCIENCE - BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION - ANIMALS_VERTEBRATES
BIOTA
OCEANS
Balaena glacialis
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Macquarie Island
Orca
Orcinus orca
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/macquarie-island-cetacean-sightings-strandings/13937
http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00039
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Summary:This dataset is a record of sightings and strandings of cetaceans (mainly whales) at Macquarie Island. Results have been reported from 1968 to 1990 on an irregular basis. The species include Southern right (Balaena glacialis), Minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Strap-toothed (Mesoplodon layardii), Sperm (Physter macrocephalus), Longfin pilot (Globicephala melaene) and Killer (Orcinus orca). The results are listed in the documentation. The fields in this dataset are: Month Number of Sightings Number of Individuals Sex Numbers by Age Group

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