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=~0126652DCF45087A1C8D76334A510D2CBB5819B30C1
Metadata Access https://data.blue-cloud.org/api/collections/6652DCF45087A1C8D76334A510D2CBB5819B30C1
Provenance
Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; EurOBIS - EMODnet Biology
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