Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS94 (ARK-XXIX/3)
Data on whale distribution and abundance in the polar oceans is rather sparse, as implementing the standard surveying method, line-transect surveys, is challenging and costly. To overcome this problem, we initiated a program to electronically log all opportunistic cetacean sightings during all Polar...
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ftpangaea:oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 2023-05-15T14:23:18+02:00 Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS94 (ARK-XXIX/3) Burkhardt, Elke MEDIAN LATITUDE: 72.443019 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 17.878054 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 63.966550 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 5.057830 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 78.024250 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 32.259820 * DATE/TIME START: 2015-08-19T14:39:07 * DATE/TIME END: 2015-10-11T13:52:07 2020-11-12 text/tab-separated-values, 51 data points https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 en eng PANGAEA Schauer, Ursula (2016): The Expedition PS94 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the central Arctic Ocean in 2015. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 703, 170 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0703_2016 Information for MAPS-Arctic whale sighting data (2018-12-19) (URI: hdl:10013/epic.00a6eec8-6a93-40d5-a628-94c3d4c0efda) https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Access constraints: unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY ARK-XXIX/3 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS94 PS94-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species Dataset 2020 ftpangaea https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0703_2016 2023-01-20T09:14:10Z Data on whale distribution and abundance in the polar oceans is rather sparse, as implementing the standard surveying method, line-transect surveys, is challenging and costly. To overcome this problem, we initiated a program to electronically log all opportunistic cetacean sightings during all Polarstern expeditions through the nautical officer on watch. Opportunistic (visual) sightings by naked eye were logged during Polarstern Cruise PS94 (Tromsø - Bremerhaven) by the nautical officer on duty using a customized Software package (WALOG, WhAleLOGger) installed on a touch screen laptop located on the ship's bridge. Species were identified by naked eye or handheld binoculars (7x50) to the lowest possible taxonomical level and assigned a “certainty” level of identification. The number of animals were counted if possible or estimated for larger groups. Whenever identification to species level was not possible, the next identifiable taxonomical category was assigned. Information on sighting position, date and time are automatically transferred from the ship's DAVIS-Ship System (https://dship.awi.de/) to the WALOG software at the time of logging. Photographs were taken if possible for retrospective analysis. All data of acquired sightings were retrospectively validated by a marine biologist and converted to a standard format. To this end, plausibility of sighting time, location, standardization of species names, eventual comments added at the time of sighting, as well as additional information such as photographs (if available) were checked either to verify or improve species identification. Datasets are used in species distribution modelling and to inform interested parties about occurrences. Dataset Arctic Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung Reports on Polar and Marine Research Tromsø PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science Tromsø ENVELOPE(5.057830,32.259820,78.024250,63.966550) |
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ARK-XXIX/3 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS94 PS94-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species |
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ARK-XXIX/3 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS94 PS94-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species Burkhardt, Elke Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS94 (ARK-XXIX/3) |
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ARK-XXIX/3 Certainty of identification Cetacean sightings CT DATE/TIME Individuals LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPS Marine Mammal Perimeter Surveillance from RV Polarstern Polarstern PS94 PS94-track Underway cruise track measurements Visual observation WALOG Whale species |
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Data on whale distribution and abundance in the polar oceans is rather sparse, as implementing the standard surveying method, line-transect surveys, is challenging and costly. To overcome this problem, we initiated a program to electronically log all opportunistic cetacean sightings during all Polarstern expeditions through the nautical officer on watch. Opportunistic (visual) sightings by naked eye were logged during Polarstern Cruise PS94 (Tromsø - Bremerhaven) by the nautical officer on duty using a customized Software package (WALOG, WhAleLOGger) installed on a touch screen laptop located on the ship's bridge. Species were identified by naked eye or handheld binoculars (7x50) to the lowest possible taxonomical level and assigned a “certainty” level of identification. The number of animals were counted if possible or estimated for larger groups. Whenever identification to species level was not possible, the next identifiable taxonomical category was assigned. Information on sighting position, date and time are automatically transferred from the ship's DAVIS-Ship System (https://dship.awi.de/) to the WALOG software at the time of logging. Photographs were taken if possible for retrospective analysis. All data of acquired sightings were retrospectively validated by a marine biologist and converted to a standard format. To this end, plausibility of sighting time, location, standardization of species names, eventual comments added at the time of sighting, as well as additional information such as photographs (if available) were checked either to verify or improve species identification. Datasets are used in species distribution modelling and to inform interested parties about occurrences. |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS94 (ARK-XXIX/3) |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS94 (ARK-XXIX/3) |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS94 (ARK-XXIX/3) |
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Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS94 (ARK-XXIX/3) |
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MEDIAN LATITUDE: 72.443019 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 17.878054 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 63.966550 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 5.057830 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 78.024250 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 32.259820 * DATE/TIME START: 2015-08-19T14:39:07 * DATE/TIME END: 2015-10-11T13:52:07 |
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Arctic Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung Reports on Polar and Marine Research Tromsø |
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Arctic Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung Reports on Polar and Marine Research Tromsø |
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Schauer, Ursula (2016): The Expedition PS94 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the central Arctic Ocean in 2015. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 703, 170 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0703_2016 Information for MAPS-Arctic whale sighting data (2018-12-19) (URI: hdl:10013/epic.00a6eec8-6a93-40d5-a628-94c3d4c0efda) https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.924704 |
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