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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS847

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 1990-04-11
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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 CS847
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:572146"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks 400m from shore. 400m from observer. How observed: from shore Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation South Australia: Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:207563
Occurrence date 1990-04-11
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:00:

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 -36.05
Supplied as: "-36.05"
Longitude 136.72
Supplied as: "136.72"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Weirs Cove
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36 03 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 136 43 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Western Kangaroo Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Western Kangaroo Island
    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
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kangaroo Island
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FINNISS
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Naturally bare, sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 721.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 321.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 65.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 352.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.82
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.445833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.58
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 144.0 m