Marine mammal specimen from whale temple in Vietnam (2022)

Long Vu1

1 CBES, 176 Street 13, Lake View City Residence, An Phu ward, 70000, Thu Duc City, Viet Nam

Corresponding author(s): Long Vu (longvu@cbes.vn)

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Resource Citation

Vu L (2022): Marine mammal specimen from whale temple in Vietnam (2022). v1.1. Center for Biodiversity conservation and Endangered Species (CBES). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=marine_mammal_specimens_from_whale_temple_in_vietnam&v=1.1

Abstract

This dataset provided the list of specimens observed in 49 whale temples, from Hue to Kien Giang provinces of Vietnam.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: BIFA5_027 Whale temple Specimen dataset
Personnel: Long Vu
Funding: BIFA
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study was conducted along the coast of Vietnam
Design description: NA

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=marine_mammal_specimens_from_whale_temple_in_vietnam

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This dataset contains only records of marine mammals, mainly cetaceans 
Taxonomic ranks
Suborder: Cetacea
Family: Dugongidae
Common names: Cetacean, Dugong

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: This dataset contains only records along the Vietnamese coast.
Coordinates: 7°37'25.99''N and 23°29'0.24''N Latitude; 102°23'33.28''E and 109°57'4.22''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: December 1, 2020 - December 22, 2022

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: Not applicable
Collection name: CBES whale temples master collection
Specimen preservation method: No treatment

Methods

Method step description: Acquire permission to enter a whale temple and examine the specimen inside.
Setup an area for photographing and measuring.
Counting and visualising all specimens.
If there were fewer than 30 skulls, photographing and measuring all skulls.
If there were more than 30 skulls, photographing in detail and measuring skulls of taxonomically challenging groups (Stennella, Delphinid, Kogia). Other skulls were photographed and identified to lowest-possible taxonomic ranks.
Study extent description: 49 whale temples along the Vietnamese coast, from Hue provinces to Kien Giang province
Sampling description: Skull morphological and measurements, photographs, bone DNA extracted
Quality control description: Specimens were identified by multiple experts with vast experiences in cetacean/marine mammal taxonomy. Photographs and measurements of each skull were taken to aid the identification

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Marine mammal specimen from whale temple in Vietnam (2022)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.taibif.tw/archive.do?r=marine_mammal_specimens_from_whale_temple_in_vietnam
Publication date of data: 2022-12-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-12-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset