AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012 ...

Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Supplemental information: [2020-10-01] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Physete...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLellan, William
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: OBIS-SEAMAP 2021
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/t2n3bc
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/5dee5531-f702-4b70-880e-ff5bddc0c8e0
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Summary:Original provider: University of North Carolina, Wilmington Dataset credits: William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington Supplemental information: [2020-10-01] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Physeter catodon (180489) => Physeter macrocephalus (180488) [2017-03-28] Two sighting records were updated with more accurate species identification: 2011-10-25 11:40 Ziphius to Ziphius cavirostris 2012-01-31 10:42 Ziphius to Ziphius cavirostris [2014-03-18] Sperm whale sightings were assigned an invalid scientific name (P. catodon). It is corrected to P. macrocephalus. The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the USWTR Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012 dataset. This dataset includes a subset of the data ...