Dataset of walvisstrandingen_nl ...
The database of stranded cetaceans in The Netherlands contains of records of whales, dolphins and porpoises, order Cetacea. All records concern strandings of single individuals (there are four exceptions: one of 3-6 sperm whales and three of 11-61 long-finned pilot whales). The electronic database h...
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| Language: | Dutch |
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/6363ua https://www.gbif.org/dataset/66e240a7-ae35-4f59-9ad9-c62687015ed8 |
| Summary: | The database of stranded cetaceans in The Netherlands contains of records of whales, dolphins and porpoises, order Cetacea. All records concern strandings of single individuals (there are four exceptions: one of 3-6 sperm whales and three of 11-61 long-finned pilot whales). The electronic database has been compiled from published records on strandings (see Literature) gathered since 1914 and has been regularly supplemented with data. It contains all records that have been presented to the respective managers of the database, and was started by A.B. van Deinse. Van Deinse and successors have added strandings from before 1914 as well and the oldest record thus far is a sperm whale stranded in 1255. At the moment of publishing with GBIF, the database contained over 12,500 unique records of 26 species (among which five subfossil records of the nowadays extinct Atlantic population of grey whale Eschrichtius robustus and a few dozens of unidentified specimens). The database is considered to be fairly complete ... |
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