Cetacean observation from the 2014 Pilot Survey Cetacean Sightings

This dataset is a point shapefile of cetacean observations in a sample of areas around the Falkland Islands' inshore waters from a pilot study by Falklands Conservation (Thomsen 2014) (FK-FC-607). Information on fields included in this dataset are in the accompanying file, 'Whale Sighting Data Field Descriptions.xlsx'. More information on how this information was gathered can be found in: Thomsen I (2014) Results from the pilot line transect survey for inshore cetaceans in the Falkland Islands and designing a full Falkland Island line transect survey for inshore cetaceans. Falklands Conservation, Stanley, Falkland Islands. Data were extracted and evaluated by V. Frans for Darwin Plus- funded project, 'Marine Spatial Planning for the Falkland Islands' (July 2014-July 2016), and the Falkland Islands Environmental Studies Budget project, 'Mapping whale distribution around the Falkland Islands using best available knowledge'.

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Field	Value
Last Updated	December 21, 2020, 10:04 (PST)
Created	January 30, 2020, 05:21 (PST)
Region	Falkland Islands
Language	eng
Topic Category	Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start	2014-01-01
Temporal Extent End	2014-12-31
Dataset Reference Date	2014
Lineage	A 10-day inshore line-transect survey was conducted by Falklands Conservation in 2014 (Thomsen 2014). The positions were recorded with a precision of approximately 0.3 km. An Access database of raw data from the fieldwork was provided and all GPS coordinates, the species name, date, minimum, maximum and mean count, and observation platform were exctracted for each sighting. Each sighting was then assigned a reliability rank, based on the confidence in the sighting, as indicated by notes within the records. Information on the data fields and categories are described in 'Whale Sighting Data Field Descriptions.xlsx'. More information on how the sightings were ranked can be found in Frans and Auge 2016, in prep.)
West Longitude	254632.04
South Latitude	4195036.61
East Longitude	376280.33
North Latitude	4325051.61
Spatial Reference System	UTM 21S WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Open access
Use Constraints	Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference	Cite data source as: Veronica F. Frans, Amelie A. Auge. Use of local ecological knowledge to investigate endangered baleen whale recovery in the Falkland Islands, Biological Conservation 202 (2016) 127-137
Data Format	excel, shape
Update Frequency	not planned
Accuracy	Approximately 0.3 kilometres
Resource Type	Dataset
Original Title	Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date	2016-03-19
Metadata Point of Contact	datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent	Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID	FK-SAERI-263

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