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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z8385

Material Sample of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2009-04-08
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria DNA Laboratory
Supplied collection code "DNA Laboratory"
Catalog number Z8385
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z8385
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|Frozen|Skin|frozen|-196°C
Collector Mr David Donnelly - Marine Wildlife Consultant
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Beach washed]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Endangered
Disposition In collection
State conservation Victoria: Endangered
Supplied as Endangered

Event

Occurrence date 2009-04-08
Supplied date "2009-04-08T00:00:00\2009-04-08T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Beach washed  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Mysticeti | Balaenopteridae
Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Rye Ocean Beach (Back Beach)
Latitude -38.4
Supplied as: "-38.4"
Longitude 144.8
Supplied as: "144.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Rye Ocean Beach (Back Beach)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol geoscience Australia - Place names website
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation materials frozen
preparation type Skin
prepared by Mr David Donnelly - Marine Wildlife Consultant
preservation date begin 2009-04-08T00:00:00
preservation temperature -196°C
preservation type frozen

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 138c2e21-3ee6-4d0a-8a45-21ec720f86a3
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.4,144.8
    Related records
    Record UUID 7301b681-9c34-4c45-8e3c-4c26ccb8fe66
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.4,144.8
    Record UUID 5c63d962-76b6-45ff-ae24-39af5eeb86dd
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.4,144.8
    Record UUID 61639700-0ea1-4c02-99b1-db7d4f5d895b
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.4,144.8
    Record UUID 27159607-9385-4624-b7df-5622227ca430
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.4,144.8
    Record UUID 4eb81861-be9d-4d83-963f-6b033904273b
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.4,144.8
    Record UUID d9df9094-068d-40f0-bdec-363208c3baee
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.4,144.8

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mornington Peninsula National Park
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mornington Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mornington Peninsula (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mornington P'sula - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 18
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1305
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) POINT NEPEAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLINDERS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MORNINGTON - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEPEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 737.8333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 225.83333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 128.16667 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 128.16667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.333334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 225.83333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.433333 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.45 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.9333334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.716666 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.4666667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.333332 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.333332 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.716666 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.058333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.69
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 19.0 m