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OAS accession Detail for 0117461, meta_version: 9. Current meta_version is: 9
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accessions_id: 0117461
Title: Strandings of Marine Mammals in Alabama from 16 Dec 1978 - 31 Dec 2015 (NCEI Accession 0117461)
Abstract: This dataset contains information about marine mammal strandings documented in Alabama waters between 1978 and 2015. Data include identity, size, condition, sex, and location where the animal was found.
Date received: 20160520
Start date: 19781216
End date: 20151231
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Alabama, Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -88.35
East boundary: -87
North boundary: 33.3667
South boundary: 29.35
Observation types: biological, marine mammal observation, visual observation
Instrument types: visual analysis, visual observation
Datatypes: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL, ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, biological data, cetacean, HUMAN ACTIVITY, MARINE MAMMALS, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX, TAXONOMIC CODE
Submitter: Carmichael, Dr. Ruth
Submitting institution: Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Collecting institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Pascagoula/Stennis, MS Laboratory
Contributing projects: ALMMSN
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. NOTE: Please contact the original data provider, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin Island, AL, Phone: 251-861-2141,for these data.
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Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2014-04-09 12:45:49+00
Editdate: 2021-02-22 17:37:21+00