Cetacean sigthings in North Sea

<p>Minke whales and other marine mammals were recorded in the central North Sea in an area characterised by frontal features and high productivity northeast of the Dogger Bank (4677 km2). Survey efforts were carried out from 28 March to 2 July 2007, at a finer scale than in earlier studies in the region, using 2 vessels as platforms of opportunity and a dedicated line- transect survey vessel following distance sampling methods. The high density of whales indicated that this offshore bank slope is an important spring habitat for minke whales in the North Sea. In total, 77 sightings of minke whales comprising 130 individuals were recorded. The peak density of minke whales was estimated to be 0.029 whales km–2 (minimum estimate, 95% CI: 0.012 to 0.070) in May. During peak abundance, the minke whales temporarily congregated in the area, suggesting that the whales were taking advantage of the local spring abundance of sandeels.</p>

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2023-06-15
Date (Publication)
2023-06-15
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6d617269-6e65-696e-666f-000000008559
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Wageningen Marine Research

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Wageningen Marine Research

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Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Marijke N. de Boer. 2010. Spring distribution and density of minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata along an offshore bank in the central North Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 408: 265–274.

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2007-03-31
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Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007
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2017-03-02
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This metadata set is non conformant with the Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007

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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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2010-12-08
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Conformance of this data set with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services was not evaluated

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