Description
Original provider:Cap'n Fish's Cruises
Dataset credits:Dominique Caverly, Cap'n Fish's Cruises
Abstract:Data was collected during 3-5 hour public whale watching trips conducted outof Boothbay Harbor, Maine by Cap'n Fish's Cruises. Data is hand collected byon board naturalist.
Purpose:N/A
Supplemental information:Sighting times were not recorded.Several records do not have coordinates.
Purpose
N/A
Geographic scope
- Description
Maine
- Latitude
- From 43.401 to 43.808
- Longitude
- From -69.774 to -69.444
Temporal scope
- range
- July 03, 2020 - October 11, 2021
Taxonomic scope
- Description
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Coverage
- Balaenoptera acutorostrataMinke WhaleBalaenoptera borealisSei WhaleBalaenoptera physalusFin WhaleDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback Sea TurtleLagenorhynchus acutusAtlantic White-sided DolphinMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback WhaleThunnus thynnusAtlantic bluefin tuna
Methodology
- Sampling
NA
- Study extent
NA
- Method steps
NA
Metrics
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBIS
Contacts
- Organization
- Cap'n Fish's Cruises
- Position
- Primary contact
- Roles
- Originator
Owner
Administrative point of contact
- Organization
- Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
- Address
- A328 LSRC building
- Roles
- Metadata author
Distributor
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- April 07, 2022
- Metadata last modified
- April 07, 2022
- Publication date
- April 07, 2022
- Hosted by
- OBIS-SEAMAP
- Installation
- OBIS-SEAMAP IPT
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/5dtky6
- Alternative identifiers
Citation
Caverly, D. 2022. Cap'n Fish's Cruises sightings. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2185) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/5dtky6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-27.