All identification photos taken of whales during the two blue whale voyages in the Bonney Upwelling, Januray and March 2012

All photos taken during the two Blue whale voyages undertaken in January and March 2012 in an attempt to get a best photo identification image of pygmy blue whales. Whales from the January voyage are numbered sequentially beginning with 1; whales from the March voyage are numbered sequentially begin...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
Subjects:
biota
oceans
BALEEN WHALES
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
MAMMALS
CETACEANS
MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE
PYGMY BLUE WHALE
BLUE WHALE
IWC SORP
BONNEY UPWELLING
ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE VOYAGE
BASS STRAIT
MV EASTERN VOYAGER
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION
MARK RECAPTURE
CAMERAS
SHIPS
AMD/AU
AMD
CEOS
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
CONTINENT &gt
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND &gt
AUSTRALIA
Antarctic
Bonney
Donnelly
Goff
New Zealand
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
baleen whales
Blue whale
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/identification-photos-taken-march-2012/968365
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102_all_photo_ID_images_2012
http://data.aad.gov.au/eds/4510/download
https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4102_all_photo_ID_images_2012
https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=AAS_4102
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Summary:All photos taken during the two Blue whale voyages undertaken in January and March 2012 in an attempt to get a best photo identification image of pygmy blue whales. Whales from the January voyage are numbered sequentially beginning with 1; whales from the March voyage are numbered sequentially beginning with 101. The folder contains a best left side and a best right side photo of each whale (if available). Identification photos of whales where a dorsal fin was not visible are included only if there was a dorsal fin visible in a good identification photo of the other side of the whale. Photo filenames include the photographer’s initials: CJ = Catriona Johnson DD = Dave Donnelly MD = Mike Double JS = Josh Smith NS = Nat Schmitt PE = Paul Ensor PO = Paula Olson RS = Rob Slade VAG = Virginia Andrews-Goff Individual identification allows the production of sightings histories required for a mark-recapture approach to estimating abundance. These data will also provide information on blue whale population structure and movement. Individual blue whales are identifiable from unique patterns of mottled pigment on both sides of the body, and also from variations in dorsal fin shape and any permanent scars that may be present.

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