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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:SR624

Human observation of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale
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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 SR624
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:582720"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Preparations O
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation Vulnerable
Supplied as V

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:37223
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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 -35.1111
Supplied as: "-35.1111"
Longitude 137.3944
Supplied as: "137.3944"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Warooka | 13 km S (= ~ 700 m S Sturt Bay Road beach access)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 06 40 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 23 40 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Desert Channels
    NRM Regions 2017 Desert Channels
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Desert Channels
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Desert Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Desert Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Prairie-Torrens Creeks Alluvials
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COOPER CREEK-BULLOO RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Narungga Local Government
    Local Government Areas 2011 Barcaldine (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Aramac
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARCALDINE REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 4
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 470
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BARCALDINE - BLACKALL
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BARCALDINE - BLACKALL - LONGREACH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BARCALDINE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREGORY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 473.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 66.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 230.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 234.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.69
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.19
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.3
    Elevation 281.0 m