Cetacean sighting records in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, New Zealand
The distribution of marine mammal species in many areas remains poorly understood, especially as observations for some taxa are rare and large-scale surveys are time consuming and extremely costly. Here, we present 36 records of 7 cetacean species ( Balaenoptera brydei , B. musculus subspp., Delphin...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.13571221 2023-05-15T15:36:23+02:00 Cetacean sighting records in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, New Zealand Peters, Katharina J. Stockin, Karen A. 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13571221 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Cetacean_sighting_records_in_the_New_Caledonia_Basin_Tasman_Sea_New_Zealand/13571221 unknown Taylor & Francis https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2020.1867201 Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode cc-by-nc-nd-4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified FOS Earth and related environmental sciences Ecology FOS Biological sciences 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Inorganic Chemistry FOS Chemical sciences dataset Dataset 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13571221 https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2020.1867201 2022-02-08T16:15:47Z The distribution of marine mammal species in many areas remains poorly understood, especially as observations for some taxa are rare and large-scale surveys are time consuming and extremely costly. Here, we present 36 records of 7 cetacean species ( Balaenoptera brydei , B. musculus subspp., Delphinus delphis , Globicephala sp., Grampus griseus , Physeter macrocephalus , Pseudorca crassidens ) in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, along with their associated biological and environmental data. Data were derived from a platform of opportunity during a seismic survey that ran between December 2015 and March 2016, inclusively. The two most frequently encountered species were sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus , 13 sightings, 5 acoustic detections) and blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus subspp., 8 visual detections). All encountered species are known to occur in New Zealand waters at least occasionally, based on historical sightings and stranding records. However, data presented here are the first cetacean records for this specific area and demonstrate that seismic vessels can act as a platform of opportunity for studying cetacean distribution in poorly accessible areas. Such data will aid future research efforts including species distribution models on cetaceans in the South Pacific. Dataset Balaenoptera musculus Physeter macrocephalus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) New Zealand Pacific |
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The distribution of marine mammal species in many areas remains poorly understood, especially as observations for some taxa are rare and large-scale surveys are time consuming and extremely costly. Here, we present 36 records of 7 cetacean species ( Balaenoptera brydei , B. musculus subspp., Delphinus delphis , Globicephala sp., Grampus griseus , Physeter macrocephalus , Pseudorca crassidens ) in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, along with their associated biological and environmental data. Data were derived from a platform of opportunity during a seismic survey that ran between December 2015 and March 2016, inclusively. The two most frequently encountered species were sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus , 13 sightings, 5 acoustic detections) and blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus subspp., 8 visual detections). All encountered species are known to occur in New Zealand waters at least occasionally, based on historical sightings and stranding records. However, data presented here are the first cetacean records for this specific area and demonstrate that seismic vessels can act as a platform of opportunity for studying cetacean distribution in poorly accessible areas. Such data will aid future research efforts including species distribution models on cetaceans in the South Pacific. |
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Cetacean sighting records in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, New Zealand |
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Cetacean sighting records in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, New Zealand |
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Cetacean sighting records in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, New Zealand |
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Cetacean sighting records in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, New Zealand |
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Cetacean sighting records in the New Caledonia Basin, Tasman Sea, New Zealand |
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cetacean sighting records in the new caledonia basin, tasman sea, new zealand |
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