Dataset 81
CRRU Cetacean sighting in Scotland waters 1997-2010
Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 57.767014
Central longitude: -2.642995
Duration: 14 years, from 1997 to 2010
Robinson, K. P.(2010) "CRRU (Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit) Cetacean sightings in Scotland waters". Available at: http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/component/imis/?module=dataset&dasid=2819, accessed 2012.
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 57.767014
Central longitude: -2.642995
Duration: 14 years, from 1997 to 2010
1613 records
9 distinct species
Across the time series Phocoena phocoena is the most frequently occurring speciesMethods
Boat-based cetaceans sightings data collected during dedicated boat-based surveys between the months of May and October. 1997 to 2010 inclusive in the outer southern Moray Firth in north-east Scotland. Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = NACitation(s)
Robinson, K.P., Baumgartner, N., Eisfeld, S.M., Clark, N.M., Culloch, R.M., Haskins, G.N., Zapponi, L., Whaley, A.R., Weare, J.S. & Tetley, M.J. (2007) The summer distribution and occurrence of cetaceans in the coastal waters of the outer southern Moray Firth in northeast Scotland (UK). Lutra, 50, 19.Robinson, K. P.(2010) "CRRU (Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit) Cetacean sightings in Scotland waters". Available at: http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/component/imis/?module=dataset&dasid=2819, accessed 2012.
