Distance sampling visual observation sightings data for cetaceans from Antarctic Tourist vesssels

• Main Author: Anonymous, Anonymous
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Marine biology; abundance; distibution; antarctic; southern ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12791491

The following is two summer sampling seasons of distance sampling data collected by trained observer teams of two from Antarctic tourist vessels. The data set contains 5 key dataframes. This data has be cleaned and quality controlled. Effort - details the type of visual observation effort, the observer on effort and other information Environment - details the environmental conditions under which the data were collected. Sightings - details the observations made, and distance estiamtes (relative to the ship) for cetceans. Resightings - used in select cases, see protocols. gpsData - automated collection of location data at 5 sec intervals, some gaps exists, which were interpolated later for analysis Work is ongoing with the dataset, please contact authors about its use.