Records of North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Irish waters

Distribution and temporal data for North Atlantic right whales within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Ireland



Geographic Coverage: The inshore waters of counties Donegal, Mayo and Cork



Temporal Coverage: 1300-1987



Species Groups recorded: marine mammal



Dataset Status: Complete

Simple

Alternate title

ie.nbdc.dataset.NorthAtlanticRightWhaleInIrishWaters
Date (Creation)
2020-04-16
Date (Publication)
2020-04-16
Date (Revision)
2020-04-16
Citation identifier
INSPIRE UUID / ie.nbdc.dataset.NorthAtlanticRightWhaleInIrishWaters
Purpose

To provide a baseline dataset for the species given it has been largely overlooked in Ireland to date
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact

GemetInspireTheme

  • Species distribution

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • wildlife

  • organism

  • wildlife conservation

  • environmental conservation

  • wildlife habitat

  • habitat

  • wildlife protection

  • nature protection

  • wildlife sanctuary

  • protected area

  • species

  • ecological parameter

  • environment

  • ecosystem

  • synecology

  • ecosystem analysis

  • ecosystem research

  • environmental research

  • biodiversity

National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • NBDC

  • biodiversity data centre

  • publishToISDE

ISO 3166

  • Ireland
Use limitation

Creative Commons licence conditions apply
Use limitation

Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
100  m
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans
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Begin date
1737-01-01T00:00:00
End date
1987-12-31T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

CSV, Excel

RFC 1480, Office 2010
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/295

View charts and maps information regarding data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/csv

 		https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/Download?datasetId=295

Download as CSV (zipped)
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Species distribution
Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

High. Every record was compiled from the literature and validated accordingly by Seán O'Callaghan



Data Capture Method: Reviewing the literature



Data Capture Purpose: To provide a baseline dataset for the species given it has been largely overlooked in Ireland to date



Original Format: Spreadsheet

Metadata

File identifier
ie.nbdc.dataset.NorthAtlanticRightWhaleInIrishWaters XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2020-04-16T15:22:13.3303532
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version

1.2
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/295

 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

biodiversity ecological parameter ecosystem ecosystem analysis ecosystem research environment environmental conservation environmental research habitat nature protection organism protected area species synecology wildlife wildlife conservation wildlife habitat wildlife protection wildlife sanctuary
GemetInspireTheme

Species distribution
National Biodiversity Data Centre

NBDC National Biodiversity Data Centre biodiversity data centre publishToISDE


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