Macquarie Island Cetacean Sightings and Strandings

This dataset is a record of sightings and strandings of cetaceans (mainly whales) at Macquarie Island. Results have been reported from 1968 to 1990 on an irregular basis. The related publication (ANARE Research Notes 91) discusses a number of species including southern right (Balaena glacialis), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), strap-toothed (Mesoplodon layardii), sperm (Physter macrocephalus), longfin pilot (Globicephala melaene) and killer (Orcinus orca) whales. Quantitative data relating to orcas (from tables 1 and 2) are provided here, along with data related to other species extracted from the text. The fields in this dataset are: (Table 1) number_of_individuals_in_pod number_of_sightings (Table 2) month number_of_sightings minimum_number_of_individuals maximum_number_of_individuals number_of_males number_of_females number_of_adults number_of_juveniles number_of_calves (From the text) observation_date location_name longitude latitude common_name scientific_name_original scientific_name abundance notes