Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Øien, Nils; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Lydersen, Christian (2010): (Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841840, Supplement to: Wiig, Ø et al. (2010): Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2009. Polar Biology, 33(7), 979-984, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0776-1
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Abstract:
Forty-six sightings of bowhead whales have been reported from the Svalbard area between 1940 and 2009. But, only three of these sightings are reported prior to 1980. Most observations involve only one or two whales, but groups of up to seven individuals have been seen recently. Increased ship traffic, particularly cruise-based tourism, in the north undoubtedly provides more opportunities for spotting this species, and the establishment of a structured cetacean sighting programme, as well as increase in effort in documenting sightings from a wider marine user-community, likely all play a role in more records being documented in recent years. The absence of a dedicated monitoring programme for ice-associated cetaceans and the generally low scientific activity level in this field in Svalbard Waters hampers firm conclusions about the trends in abundance of bowhead whales in the Svalbard area.
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Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Berge, L; Janik, V M; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Swift, R N; Lydersen, Christian (2008): Surveys of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the northeast Atlantic in 2006 and 2008. Paper presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, June 2008, SC/60/BRG32
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Median Latitude: 78.868043 * Median Longitude: 15.122609 * South-bound Latitude: 70.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -0.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 82.500000 * East-bound Longitude: 39.000000
Date/Time Start: 1958-08-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2009-07-04T00:00:00
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Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | Identification | ID | Wiig, Øystein | |||
| 3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 5 | Area/locality | Area | Wiig, Øystein | |||
| 6 | Balaena mysticetus | B. mysticetus | # | Wiig, Øystein | ||
| 7 | Quality flag | QF | Wiig, Øystein | 1 = confirmed, 2 = probable, 3 = possible observation | ||
| 8 | Comment | Comment | Wiig, Øystein | |||
| 9 | Reference/source | Reference | Wiig, Øystein | IMR = Institute of Marine Research; NPI = Norwegian Polar Institute |
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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275 data points