Marine Mammal Observations by Greenpeace

• Other Authors: DE BOER, MARIJKE NITA (hasPrincipalInvestigator), DE BOER, MARIJKE NITA (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; MAMMALS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC; BEARING; BOAT COURSE; CLOUD COVER; BEHAVIOUR; BOAT SPEED; DEPTH; DATE; DISTANCE; DOLPHIN; EFFORT STATUS; HEADING; INITIAL CUE; LONGITUDE; LATITUDE; MARINE; NUMBER; MAMMAL; PORPOISE; SEA STATE; SEAL; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SWELL HEIGHT; SPECIES; TIME; TEMPERATURE; WAVE HEIGHT; VISIBILITY; WEATHER; WHALE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; OCEAN > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/marine-mammal-observations-greenpeace/701359; https://doi.org/10.26179/5c539854c9450; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/marine_mammal_obs; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Dataset of marine mammal observations made in the Southern Ocean from late 1998 to early 2000. Further information about the data are included in a word document in the download. The data are held in excel spreadsheets. The word document mentioned above lists the column headings for the excel spreadsheets. The fields in this dataset are: date time species Number of animals Distance Bearing Heading Initial Cue Behaviour Latitude Longitude Effort status Notes Wind speed Wind direction Actual wind speed Actual wind direction Sea State Cloud cover Visibility Boat speed Boat course Speed made good Course made good Temperature Wave Height Weather Depth Swell height More notes