Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4
From 13 March to 09 April 2012 Germany conducted a fisheries survey on board RV Polarstern in the Scotia Sea (Elephant Island - South Shetland Island - Joinville Island area) under the auspices of CCAMLR. During this expedition, ANT-XXVIII/4, an opportunistic marine mammal survey was carried out. Da...
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ftpangaea:oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 2023-05-15T13:49:51+02:00 Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4 Burkhardt, Elke MEDIAN LATITUDE: -61.929423 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -57.091258 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -62.410970 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -61.421780 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -60.972550 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -55.792200 * DATE/TIME START: 2012-03-23T10:34:43 * DATE/TIME END: 2012-04-07T20:47:39 2013-09-30 text/tab-separated-values, 96 data points https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 en eng PANGAEA Burkhardt, Elke; Lanfredi, Caterina (2012): Fall feeding aggregations of fin whales off Elephant Island (Antarctica). The International Whaling Commission's 64th, The International Whaling Commission's 64th Annual Meeting, hdl:10013/epic.39404.d001 Information for MAPS whale sighting data (2018-12-18) (URI: hdl:10013/epic.24d813e7-0158-4fc3-bc99-0f4ebb6beecc) https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 CC-BY-3.0: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access constraints: unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven Antarctic Peninsula ANT-XXVIII/4 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS79 PS79/4-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species Dataset 2013 ftpangaea https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 2023-01-20T09:01:36Z From 13 March to 09 April 2012 Germany conducted a fisheries survey on board RV Polarstern in the Scotia Sea (Elephant Island - South Shetland Island - Joinville Island area) under the auspices of CCAMLR. During this expedition, ANT-XXVIII/4, an opportunistic marine mammal survey was carried out. Data were collected for 26 days along the externally preset cruise track, resulting in 295 hrs on effort. Within the study area 248 sightings were collected, including three different species of baleen whales (fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), and Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) and one toothed whale species, killer whale (Orcinus orca). More than 62% of the sightings recorded were fin whales (155 sightings) which were mainly related to the Elephant Island area (116 sightings). Usual group sizes of the total fin whale sightings ranged from one to five individuals, also including young animals associated with adults during some encounters. Larger groups of more than 20 whales, and on two occasions more than 100 indivuduals, were observed as well. These large pods of fin whales were observed feeding in shallow waters (< 300 m) on the north-western shelf off Elephant Island, concordant with large aggregations of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). This observation suggests that Elephant Island constitutes an important feeding area for fin whales in early austral fall, with possible implications regarding the regulation of (krill) fisheries in this area. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Antarctic Minke whale Antarctic Peninsula Balaenoptera bonaerensis Balaenoptera physalus baleen whales Elephant Island Euphausia superba Fin whale Humpback Whale Joinville Island Killer Whale Megaptera novaeangliae minke whale Orca Orcinus orca Scotia Sea toothed whale Killer whale PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Austral Scotia Sea Elephant Island ENVELOPE(-55.184,-55.184,-61.085,-61.085) Joinville ENVELOPE(-55.867,-55.867,-63.250,-63.250) Western Shelf ENVELOPE(164.448,164.448,-77.780,-77.780) Joinville Island ENVELOPE(-55.667,-55.667,-63.350,-63.350) ENVELOPE(-61.421780,-55.792200,-60.972550,-62.410970) |
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Antarctic Peninsula ANT-XXVIII/4 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS79 PS79/4-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species |
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Antarctic Peninsula ANT-XXVIII/4 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS79 PS79/4-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species Burkhardt, Elke Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4 |
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Antarctic Peninsula ANT-XXVIII/4 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS79 PS79/4-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species |
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From 13 March to 09 April 2012 Germany conducted a fisheries survey on board RV Polarstern in the Scotia Sea (Elephant Island - South Shetland Island - Joinville Island area) under the auspices of CCAMLR. During this expedition, ANT-XXVIII/4, an opportunistic marine mammal survey was carried out. Data were collected for 26 days along the externally preset cruise track, resulting in 295 hrs on effort. Within the study area 248 sightings were collected, including three different species of baleen whales (fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), and Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) and one toothed whale species, killer whale (Orcinus orca). More than 62% of the sightings recorded were fin whales (155 sightings) which were mainly related to the Elephant Island area (116 sightings). Usual group sizes of the total fin whale sightings ranged from one to five individuals, also including young animals associated with adults during some encounters. Larger groups of more than 20 whales, and on two occasions more than 100 indivuduals, were observed as well. These large pods of fin whales were observed feeding in shallow waters (< 300 m) on the north-western shelf off Elephant Island, concordant with large aggregations of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). This observation suggests that Elephant Island constitutes an important feeding area for fin whales in early austral fall, with possible implications regarding the regulation of (krill) fisheries in this area. |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4 |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4 |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4 |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4 |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/4 |
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whale sightings during polarstern cruise ant-xxviii/4 |
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MEDIAN LATITUDE: -61.929423 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -57.091258 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -62.410970 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -61.421780 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -60.972550 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -55.792200 * DATE/TIME START: 2012-03-23T10:34:43 * DATE/TIME END: 2012-04-07T20:47:39 |
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ENVELOPE(-55.184,-55.184,-61.085,-61.085) ENVELOPE(-55.867,-55.867,-63.250,-63.250) ENVELOPE(164.448,164.448,-77.780,-77.780) ENVELOPE(-55.667,-55.667,-63.350,-63.350) ENVELOPE(-61.421780,-55.792200,-60.972550,-62.410970) |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Austral Scotia Sea Elephant Island Joinville Western Shelf Joinville Island |
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Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Austral Scotia Sea Elephant Island Joinville Western Shelf Joinville Island |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Antarctic Minke whale Antarctic Peninsula Balaenoptera bonaerensis Balaenoptera physalus baleen whales Elephant Island Euphausia superba Fin whale Humpback Whale Joinville Island Killer Whale Megaptera novaeangliae minke whale Orca Orcinus orca Scotia Sea toothed whale Killer whale |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Antarctic Minke whale Antarctic Peninsula Balaenoptera bonaerensis Balaenoptera physalus baleen whales Elephant Island Euphausia superba Fin whale Humpback Whale Joinville Island Killer Whale Megaptera novaeangliae minke whale Orca Orcinus orca Scotia Sea toothed whale Killer whale |
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Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven |
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Burkhardt, Elke; Lanfredi, Caterina (2012): Fall feeding aggregations of fin whales off Elephant Island (Antarctica). The International Whaling Commission's 64th, The International Whaling Commission's 64th Annual Meeting, hdl:10013/epic.39404.d001 Information for MAPS whale sighting data (2018-12-18) (URI: hdl:10013/epic.24d813e7-0158-4fc3-bc99-0f4ebb6beecc) https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819863 |
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