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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS3661

Human observation of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2010-07-24
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number CS3661
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:574960"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 4
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks various from shore. various from observer. How observed: from shore with binoculars and camera Social group: grouped Sighting Note: seen with a pod of dolphins (CS 3662). Images at South Australian Museum: yes
State conservation Vulnerable
Supplied as V

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:209757
Occurrence date 2010-07-24
Verbatim event date Time: 1630-1700
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Supplied scientific name "Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.6083
Supplied as: "-35.6083"
Longitude 138.5875
Supplied as: "138.5875"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality King Head | ~ 1 km SE (= West Island area)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 36 30 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 35 15 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Coorong
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 628.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 272.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 65.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 52.25 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 65.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 272.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.75 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.75
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.825 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.05 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.625 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.925 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.175 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.875 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.925 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5025 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.055
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.55 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.95 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.225 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5525
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.995
    Elevation 47.0 m