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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z32144

Material Sample of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2014-01-27
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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 Z32144
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z32144
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|frozen|ethanol 70%|Muscle|-196°C
Identified by Department of Environment and Primary Industries  
Collector Department of Environment and Primary Industries  
Supplied as "Department of Environment and Primary Industries"
Sex Male
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Endangered
Disposition In collection
State conservation Endangered
Date identified /01/2014

Event

Occurrence date 2014-01-27
Supplied date "2014-01-27T00:00:00\2014-01-27T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
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 Cape Bridgewater
Latitude -38.39
Supplied as: "-38.39"
Longitude 141.41
Supplied as: "141.41"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Cape Bridgewater
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol Estimation
Georeferenced by Karen K. Roberts
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2014-08-04T00:00
Supplied as 2014-08-04T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation materials ethanol 70%
preparation type Muscle
preservation temperature -196°C
preservation type ethanol 70%

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    First of the year Warning
    Georeferenced after occurrence date Warning
    Recorded date invalid Warning
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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 c8c35f01-2ed8-45c8-8ea2-53f18123316d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.39,141.41
    Related records
    Record UUID db8217c1-dc10-4b59-a766-f997098374a1
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.39,141.41

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bridgewater
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORTLAND COAST
    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 Glenelg (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glenelg - Heywood
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLENELG SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 721
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG (VIC.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG - SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS - GLENELG
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLENELG NORTH - HEYWOOD
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 828.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 333.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 103.666664 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 333.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.166668 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6666665 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.433333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.6666665 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49666667 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8833333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.033333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.433333 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6933333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 91.0 m