seamap

OBIS-SEAMAP, Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, is a spatially referenced online database, aggregating marine mammal, seabird and sea turtle observation data from across the globe.

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SERDP SDSS Marine Animal Model Mapper funded by NASA and SERDP
SWOT The State of the World's Sea Turtles
MABDC Photo ID (Beta)
PIPIN Photo ID (Coming soon)
CDOC California Dolphin Online Catalog (login required)
GoMDIS Gulf of Mexico Dolphin ID System (Beta)
WIDECAST Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Nesting Sites
MWBD Marine Wildlife Behavior Database

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DUML coastal surveys on the occurrence, distribution and density of marine mammals in Camp Lejeune 2010-2011
Duke University Marine Laboratory

DUML New River surveys on the occurrence, distribution and density of marine mammals in Camp Lejeune 2010-2011
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Bald Head Island 2006: Loggerhead Turtles
Marine Turtle Research Group

What's New?

Network issue fixed now., 2012-07-10

Partnership with Marine Mammal Council launched, 2012-06-01

OBIS-SEAMAP was down on May 17, 2012-05-17

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HowTos

Introduction to OBIS-SEAMAP (13MB; PDF)
How to download data
What protected species found in my study area (6 mins; Flash movie)
Explore oceanographic association with observations (coming soon)
How to watch an animal movement (coming soon)

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OBIS-SEAMAP is hosted at Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University.
The OBIS-SEAMAP project is one node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) and MGEL plays a leading role of the development of the OBIS Portal web site.

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