Sample summary and analysis of biopsy samples collected during the Antarctic blue whale voyage 2013

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Description

Biopsy samples (small amounts of skin and blubber) were collected from humpback and blue whales during the Antarctic blue whale voyage 2013. For more information please see: http://www.marinemammals.gov.au/sorp/antarctic-blue-whale-project This dataset consists of an access database summarising biopsy events containing the fields: Pod: a combination of date and where the biopsy was taken from (small boat - Remora, or main vessel - Amaltal Explorer) Ship reference: sighting number Number of individuals sighted Age class and sex Satellite tag number Biopsy sample number Biopsy collection location (longitude and latitude) Biopsy collection time (UTC) Reaction to biopsy Number of biopsy attempts Photo ID images Biopsy collection photo Comments An excel spreadsheet (Biopsy_info_ ABWV2013.xlsx) details the biopsy processing that occurred upon collection of a sample. Where possible, each blue whale sample was split and preserved in 2 x All Protect, 1 x EtOH and 1 x Nitrogen. Each humpback sample was additionally preserved in RNA later and stored at -20 degrees Celsius and individually detailed in spreadsheet Biopsy_info _ABWV2013(hbw).xlsx. Biopsy samples were processed to determine sex and relatedness using DLOOP analysis and the results are held in: 240513 BW Sexing Results.xls Purposes: Genetic tagging from biopsy samples is a well established method that enables the identification of individuals from genetic markers such as microsatellite or SNPs. This individual identification allows the production of sightings histories required for a mark-recapture approach to estimating abundance. Genetic data can also be used assess population structureQuality: Australian Antarctic Data Centre Note 2018-07-04: Original datasheet was reformatted to fit GBIF/IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet "blueWhales2013.csv" provides the dataset ID, organism Quantity, organism Quantity type, record number, material sample ID, preparation, water body, event day, verbatim latitude and longitude, decimal latitude and longitude, sex, occurrence, and basis of record. The taxonomical organisation is provided to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species). Data contains information from report.DATA LICENCE This dataset has been collected under the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) Southern Ocean Research Partnership (SORP). The IWC-SORP ethos is one of open collaboration, communication and data sharing. The Data User will acknowledge the use of the IWC SORP dataset by the following statement: Data provided by the International Whaling Commission’s Southern Ocean Research Partnership were all based upon non-lethal samples collected under a protocol approved by the Australian Antarctic Program Animal Ethics Committee (AAPAEC). These data were provided by the Partnership for the purpose of collaborative investigation.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 87 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Double, M., Miller, B.S. and Andrews-Goff, V. (2017, updated 2017) 2013 Antarctic Blue Whale Voyage to the Southern OCean - CAASM Metadata (https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=/AMD/AU/AAS_4102_2013_Antarctic_Blue_Whale_Voyage) Double, M.C. et al. (2013) Cruise report of the 2013 Antarctic blue whale voyage of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership. . , Double, M. (2013) Antarctic Blue Whale Voyage 2013. Science Plan. , Barlow, J. (2013) Antarctic Blue Whale Voyage 2013. Science report. ,

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Australian Antarctic Data Centre. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 25d73670-8b5c-4813-aadb-37b65022602b. Australian Antarctic Data Centre publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Atlas of Living Australia.

Keywords

ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE; SORP; BIOPSY; FV AMALTAL EXPLORER; SONOBUOYS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RADIO BEACON; FISH NETS; CAMERAS; VIDEO CAMERA; BINOCULAR > BINOCULAR; BIOTA; OCEANS; SHIPS; OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > AMBIENT NOISE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > EUPHAUSIIDS (KRILL); BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS; BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES; Occurrence

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

Point of truth metadata record	https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102_2013_Antarctic_Blue_Whale_Voyage ASCII DIF 9.9

Contacts

Mike Double

Originator ●
Point Of Contact

INVESTIGATOR

Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Australian Antarctic Division, DSEWPaC

Dave Connell

Metadata Provider

Australia Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

7050 Hobart

Tasmania

Dave.Connell@aad.gov.au

https://data.aad.gov.au/

Virginia Andrews-Goff

Point Of Contact

INVESTIGATOR, DIF AUTHOR

Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Australian Antarctic Division, DSEWPaC

DATA OFFICER AADC

Distributor

DATA CENTER CONTACT

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway

7050 Kingston

Tasmania

metadata@aad.gov.au

https://data.aad.gov.au/

Geographic Coverage

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Bounding Coordinates	South West [-70, -170], North East [-60, 135]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Family	Ziphiidae
Genus	Balaenopteridae, Physeter, Globicephala
Species	Balaenoptera musculus intermedia (Antarctic Blue whale), Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale), Orcinus orca

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date	2013-01-31 / 2013-03-16

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Quality Control	Not applicable

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers	https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/resource?r=blue_whale2013