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企业于2009年至2020年间采集，旨在为鲸类动物（Cetacea）的长期监测工作提供支持。数据集涵盖观测到的物种识别信息、观测点位的地理坐标、观测对象的生命阶段、对应种群丰度与行为数据，以及相关环境变量（海况、能见度）。