Great Barrier Reef 2012 humpback whale aerial survey

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; biota; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES; PARTENAVIA OBSERVER P-68B SIX-SEATER; TWIN ENGINE; HIGH-WING AIRCRAFT; MARINE MAMMAL OBSERVERS; HUMPBACK WHALES; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; AERIAL SURVEY; LINE TRANSECT; DISTANCE SAMPLING; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; AIRCRAFT; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > QUEENSLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > GREAT BARRIER REEF; Pacific; New Zealand; Queensland; Mackay; baleen whales; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/great-barrier-reef-aerial-survey/2816355

Progress Code: completed Statement: This dataset is from a dedicated aerial survey designed to maximise detection of humpback whales as the target species. The data has been processed from transcriptions of raw sightings, reconciled to identify re-sights between the double platform observers and inc...