Datasets from The Marine Mammal Council (MMC)

An initiative organized by the Marine Mammal Council (MMC) has facilitated the contribution of the datasets listed below to OBIS-SEAMAP.
MMC is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization. At present, the MMC unites about 120 members, most of whom are involved in marine mammal research and management in the former USSR countries.

MMC Facilitator: Boris Solovyev, Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences

Summary

#datasets1
Time span2010-09-16 - 2010-11-29
 
 #species#records
Marine mammals114
Total114

A gridded summary of the datasets at 1 degree. A click on the summary map takes you to the interactive map with all the datasets listed below pre-loaded.

Dataset List

The list is sorted by the dataset name.
A click on an individual dataset title or map image takes you to an interactive map (open a new tab).
Aerial sightings of beluga in the Russian Arctic seas 2010
#records14
TracksNo
Survey dates2010-09-16 - 2010-11-29
Added2012-05-16
Species
(Top 3)		Delphinapterus leucas (14)
Provider
  • Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences
Contact(s)
  • Boris Solovyev, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences

Submission

  • OBIS-SEAMAP accepts data with any attributes as long as they are not binary. Data can be written in an Excel spreadsheet, CSV (or TAB-delimitered text), ESRI shapefile or ESRI feature class in a file geodatabase.
  • However, to integrate it into the Catalog, it will be a good practice to reorganize and reformat the data using the templates (Excel file) so they fit well in the Catalog schema. You can download the templates below.
  • Each sighting is represented in a row.
  • Transects of the survey platform (ship or airplane) are a collection of straight line segments. Each row of transect data should include a start point and an end point with date/time and latitude/longitude. The start and end points are connected with a straight line. Alternatively, you can provide consecutive points (tracks) that go along the trensects with date/time and latitude/longitude over survey period.
  • Please do QA/QC as much as possible.
  • If you prepare data using the templates, please encourage to use the online validation and submission.
  • If you don't use the online validation and submittion, you can send the data as email attachments to OBIS-SEAMAP manager or share it in a cloud storage if it's too large to attach to an email.
  • Once your data is registered into OBIS-SEAMAP, you will be given an OBIS-SEAMAP account and can go through review steps before it's released to the public. Your dataset is released to the public only after you have given us a consent to release.
  • After the dataset is published, it is also integrated into the Catalog which is publicly downloadable.
  • In addition, your data will be uploaded to OBIS and GBIF.

Data registration workflow

Templates

Template sheets for dataset metadata, observations, tracks (points) and transects (lines) are included in the Excel file.
Required columns are highlighted in orange. The columns that accept only controlled codes have links to show the allowed codes.

Download Templates

Table and column definitions

Click the table name to see the column definitions and standardized codes for the lookup tables.

Data Tables

Lookup Tables