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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS918

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 1990-09-28
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Dataset

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 CS918
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:572217"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 30
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks Sighting Note: Information very vague. Report from Bob McCue Fishing news, only details were Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation South Australia: Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:207593
Occurrence date 1990-09-28
Verbatim event date Date reported: 1990-09-28
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -36.0
Supplied as: "-36.00"
Longitude 137.18
Supplied as: "137.18"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Point Ellen | Port Eleanor (this seems to be in the vicinity of Port Ellen, Sout
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 11 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Vivonne Bay
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Vivonne Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Kangaroo Island
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KANGAROO ISLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kangaroo Island (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kangaroo Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 717
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FINNISS
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 583.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 262.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 60.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 54.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 270.25 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.675001 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.375 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.65 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.45 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.075 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.925
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.075 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.825 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.200001 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.3875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.53
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9875
    Elevation 1.0 m