Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - data collected from the BROKE-West voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2006

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; MAMMALS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC; ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; SEA ICE; ICE FLOES; ICE TYPES; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SNOW DEPTH; BALEEN WHALES; CETACEANS; TOOTHED WHALES; cetacean; whales; whale; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; ACE/CRC; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; aurora australis; baleen whales; Beaufort Sea; Iceberg*; minke whale; Sea ice; toothed whales
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/cetacean-sightings-survey-australis-2006/684788; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/BROKE-West_Cetaceans; http://data.aad.gov.au/eds/2880/download; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2253; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2655; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2679; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=BROKE-West_Cetaceans

Data were entered real-time as and when observations were made, with time (GMT) and Lat/Long drawn directly from ship data. These data have not been validated. Observation on V3 commenced as the Aurora Australis departed Fremantle and concluded on the approach to Hobart. The SOCEP research objective...