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Description
The sightings came originally from the Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation (Samuel S. Sadove, executive director; Okeanos is no longer in existence), and were recorded from commercial whale-watching vessels out of Montauk in late spring and summer of 1981-1994 (primarily the Finback I and Finback II). These sightings are heavily concentrated in the area between eastern Long Island and Block Island and during the whale-watching season, and therefore somewhat biased, but provide valuable information on several less-common species. more

Data records that were missing time, animal count information, or located on land were excluded. One data record with two sighted species listed was also excluded.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ANW, USA, New York, Long I., Montauk, Cetacea

Geographical coverage
ANW, USA, New York, Long I., Montauk [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
2 May 1981 - 14 August 1994

Taxonomic coverage
Cetacea [WoRMS]

Parameter
Occurrence of biota

Contributors
University of Rhode Island, moredata creator
Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc. (CRESLI), more
Marine Acoustics Inc, moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-04-13
Information last updated: 2015-04-13
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