Original provider:
Happywhale

Dataset credits:
Happywhale and contributors

Abstract:
Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

Supplemental information:
Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 46 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adam Baxter; adam maire; Alisa Schulman-Janiger (California Killer Whale Project); Barbara Taylor; Bruce Whittington; Cascadia Research Collective; Delaney Trowbridge; Emma Keen; Eric Austin Yee; Erich Starzinger; Fernando Arcas; Frank Rotter; Gordon Gates; Iván Miranda Franco; James Moskito; Jay Barlow; Jean Huber; Joel Southerland; Joe Noonan; John Moran; Kimberly Nesbitt; Lauren A Wild; Lindsay Curtis; Lory Barra; Lotti Keenan; Marian Herz; Marijke Nita de Boer; Mark Girardeau; Matthew West; Matt Jackson; Molly Batts; Nicole Tatum; Nicole Webster; Nina Moysi; Olive Andrews; Paula Olson; steve; Steve Comstock; Suzanne Yin; Sydney Minges; Ted Cheeseman; Todd Chandler; Ula Yu; Vicki Beaver; Whale Watch Cabo; Yvonne deGorter
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c1c87d2f-f66d-46bd-8f1a-5c44c17ddb01
Homepage: https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1727
Citation: Happywhale. 2024. Happywhale - Sperm whale in North Pacific Ocean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1727) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.15468/dj59sv accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-06.