Documentation for the CETACEA Database of Marine Mammal Literature References. Revision

Abstract

This documentation for the CETACEA database of marine mammal literature references updates and expands the original work by Watkins, Bird, Moore, and Tyack 1988 (Reference Database Marine Mammal Literature, Technical Report (WHOI-88-2). The CETACEA database is a comprehensive index of literature references used to file, store, search, retrieve, and format the data on marine animals. Organization of the references is complementary to features developed by William E. Schevill for his library of older cetacean literature, having direct association of species with over 300 indexed subjects, and with observation dates, locations, etc. This documentation describes the operation of the database (3600 records), including indexing, sorting, and retrieval information developed through continued use of these systems. SPECIES and SUBJECT HEADING lists with their codes have been updated. Other databases have also developed around these indexing and sorting strategies to complement the CETACEA database, including databases of animal sounds for both the recording data and the acoustic spectral information stored in libraries of digital sound cuts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA225088

Entities

People

  • Mary A. Daher
  • Nancy J. Haley
  • William A. Watkins

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Birds
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Databases
  • Geographic Distribution
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Literature Surveys
  • Marine Mammals
  • Nervous System
  • Oceanography
  • Recording Systems
  • Sonar
  • United States

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  • Computer Science.
  • Marine Mammal Biology