Azores cetaceans updated checklist

José Azevedo1, João Pedro Barreiros2, João Pedro Barreiros3

1 Universidade dos Açores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9600, Ponta Delgada, Portugal; 2 Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitao Joao D'Avila, 9701-042, Angra do Heroismo, Portugal; 3 Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitao Joao D'Avila, 9701-042, Angra do Heroismo

Corresponding author(s): José Azevedo (jose.mn.azevedo@uac.pt)João Pedro Barreiros (joao.ps.barreiros@uac.pt), João Pedro Barreiros (joao.ps.barreiros@uac.pt)

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Resource Citation

Azevedo J, Barreiros J P (2019): Azores cetaceans updated checklist. v1.1. Universidade dos Açores. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=azores_cetaceans_updated_checklist_vs1&v=1.1

Abstract

All 28 species of Cetaceans known to occurr within the Azores' EEZ (corresponding to ca. 36% of all 86 cetacean species - including 6 freshwater ones) are listed in this updated checklist. Following the last update (Prieto & Silva, 2010) this "situation point" is presently the basis for further eventual new records. Three species listed here are certainly occasional and/or vagrant (i.e. Eubalaena glacialis, Lagenodelphis hosei and Phocoena phocoena). For an updated cheklist on the world's cetaceans see Perrin (2019).

Keywords: Checklist, Inventoryregional

General description

Purpose: Updating Azorean biota checklists

Project details

Project title: AZORESBIOPORTAL - PORBIOTA
Personnel: Paulo Borges
Funding: Funding Institutions: Azores PO 2020 - ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072 TOTAL BUDGET: 299. 901,83€ EU Support: 254. 916, 56€ This project was financed by FEDER in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through Operational Program Azores 2020. This work is also funded by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 Programme and National Funds through FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the Research Infrastructure PORBIOTA - Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity, project number POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Azores Archipelago

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=azores_cetaceans_updated_checklist_vs1

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Class Mammalia: Order Cetacea
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Cetacea
Common names: Cetaceans

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Azores EEZ limits.
Coordinates: 34°0'0''N and 42°58'33.6''N Latitude; 35°34'40.8''W and 21°0'0''W Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Azores cetaceans updated checklist
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=azores_cetaceans_updated_checklist_vs1
Publication date of data: 2019-10-08
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-10-04
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Prieto R., Silva M. 2010. Marine Mammals (Mammalia). Pp. 344-345. In: Borges P.A.V., Costa A., Cunha R., Gabriel R., Gonçalves V., Martins A. F., Melo I., Parente M., Raposeiro P., Rodrigues P., Santos R.S., Silva L., Vieira P, Vieira V. (eds.) A List of the Terrestrial and Marine Biota from the Azores. Principia, Cascais;
Perrin, W.F. (2019). World Cetacea Database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea on 2019-10-04