[Keyword='whales']
Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - BROKE-West
Entry ID: BROKE-West_Cetaceans

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Summary
Abstract: Observation on V3 commenced as the Aurora Australis departed Fremantle and concluded on the approach to Hobart.

The SOCEP research objective is to detect and document cetacean sightings and relevant environmental and other information throughout the voyage. The BROKE-West multidisciplinary voyage provides an opportunity to correlate sightings data with oceanographic and biology ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -42.53   S: -69.21   E: 147.29   W: 29.92

Parent DIF
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BROKE-West
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2006-01-02
Stop Date: 2006-03-12
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VISUAL OBSERVATIONS Ancillary Description
Quality Data were entered real-time as and when observations were made, with time (GMT) and Lat/Long drawn directly from ship data.

None of the data have yet been validated.
Access Constraints These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

The chief investigator must be contacted before using these data.

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference at the provided URL when using these data.
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: metadata at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Distribution
Distribution Media: HTTP
Distribution Size: 41 kb
Distribution Format: Excel
Fees: free
Personnel
DEBORAH THIELE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 3 5562 9796
Fax: +61 3 5562 9796
Email: dthiele at deakin.edu.au
Contact Address:
MAREQUUS PTY LTD
66 BRIDGE ROAD
City: BUSHFIELD
Province or State: Victoria
Postal Code: 3281
Country: Australia
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-03-10
Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-08-23

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