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=~012C34E818C35B69DF5956A37C1C54D92D29C7C57F1
Metadata Access https://data.blue-cloud.org/api/collections/C34E818C35B69DF5956A37C1C54D92D29C7C57F1
Provenance
Instrument 258
Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; EurOBIS - EMODnet Biology
Contributor Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS; Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre - Madeira; Aquatic Research Network; Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação
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 Point 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z