Long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020)

The dataset was colected by whale watching companies in the Azores between 2009 and 2020 as a contribution to the long term monitoring of cetaceans. It contains the identification of the species observed, the geographic position of the observation, the life stages and its respective abundance and behavior, as well as related environmental variables (sea state, visibility).

本数据集由亚速尔群岛的观鲸公司于2009年至2020年间采集，旨在为鲸类（cetaceans）的长期监测工作提供支撑。数据集涵盖观测物种的识别信息、观测点位的地理位置、物种生活阶段及其对应丰度与行为数据，同时包含相关环境变量，具体包括海况与能见度。