Macquarie Island Cetacean Sightings and Strandings
This dataset is a record of sightings and strandings of cetaceans (mainly whales) at Macquarie Island. Results have been reported from 1968 to 1990 on an irregular basis. The related publication (ANARE Research Notes 91) discusses a number of species including southern right (Balaena glacialis), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), strap-toothed (Mesoplodon layardii), sperm (Physter macrocephalus), longfin pilot (Globicephala melaene) and killer (Orcinus orca) whales. Quantitative data relating to orcas (from tables 1 and 2) are provided here, along with data related to other species extracted from the text.
The fields in this dataset are:
(Table 1)
number_of_individuals_in_pod
number_of_sightings
(Table 2)
month
number_of_sightings
minimum_number_of_individuals
maximum_number_of_individuals
number_of_males
number_of_females
number_of_adults
number_of_juveniles
number_of_calves
(From the text)
observation_date
location_name
longitude
latitude
common_name
scientific_name_original
scientific_name
abundance
notes