Long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020)

The dataset was colected by whale watching companies in the Azores between 2009 and 2020 as a contribution to the long term monitoring of cetaceans. It contains the identification of the species observed, the geographic position of the observation, the life stages and its respective abundance and behavior, as well as related environmental variables (sea state, visibility).

Identifier
Source https://data.blue-cloud.org/search-details?step=~0123fe94c73-c69e-41c8-ab0d-d85f3195bce4
Metadata Access https://data.blue-cloud.org/api/collections/3fe94c73-c69e-41c8-ab0d-d85f3195bce4
Provenance
Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; EurOBIS - EMODnet Biology
Contributor Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação; Aquatic Research Network; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); University of Lisbon; Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre - Madeira; University of the Azores; Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS
Publication Year 2024
OpenAccess true
Contact blue-cloud-support(at)maris.nl
Representation
Discipline Marine Science
Spatial Coverage (-28.999W, 37.312S, -25.001E, 38.908N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2020-12-12T00:00:00Z