Occurrence record: 107129

Human observation of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 1948-06-02
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Dataset

Data partner Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Data resource Historic whale catch data from Australian whaling stations (1925-1978)
Occurrence ID 107129
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Sex Male
Life stage Unknown
License CC-BY-NC
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Data generalizations Record is in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Western Australia: Conservation Dependent

Event

Occurrence date 1948-06-02
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Supplied common name "Humpback"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Supplied as "Cetartiodactyla"
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137092
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -35.0
Supplied as: "-35.0"
Longitude 118.0
Supplied as: "118.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 0
Maximum depth in metres 0
Coordinate precision 10000
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Gull Rock
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Gull Rock
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Jarrah Forest
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ALBANY COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Albany (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Albany
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1213
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALBANY REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALBANY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WHEAT BELT
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ALBANY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ALBANY - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-WESTERN WA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Low Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Low Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt low open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus low open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 837.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 354.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 86.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 359.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.86
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.270833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.64
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 28.0 m