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Sample Environment
Environmental data such as sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, bathymetry are sampled for all observations, if the data are available. See the layer description and availability below.
To see the sampled values, click on an observation on the map (switch to [points] beforehand), then click "Show" under [Env. data] column in the popup. The suffix _D, _M, _Y refer to daily, monthly and yearly average, respectively.
The sampled values are also available in the download files (shapefile and CSV). Learn more...
You can also see simple statistics (average value per month per species).
Select a type of environment below and click [Update] button.
For more advanced analysis, download the shapefile or CSV which includes the complete environmental data sampled.
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Overlay Environment
| Legend | Environmental layer currently displayed |
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(To turn on environmental layer, see the instruction below.)
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| General Description |
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View all the observations for this species with full-featured Online Mapper
- The Online Mapper provides more advanced options (e.g. add multiple datasets/species, upload shapefile as your region of interest etc.)
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View all the observations for this species with Google Earth interface
- A KML is downloaded. Save it to your local disk or load it with Google Earth.
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Get map image of all the observations via WMS (OGC Web Mapping Service)
- A new window opens with the map image.
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Get map image of observations currently on the map via WMS (OGC Web Mapping Service)
- A new window opens with the map image.
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Get features of all the observations for this species via WFS (OGC Web Feature Service)
- A new window opens with the features in XML format.
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Get features of observations currently on the map via WFS (OGC Web Feature Service)
- A new window opens with the features in XML format.
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- WMS/WFS are available for points only.
- Generating WFS data may take a few minutes and are not recommended for more than 10,000 points.
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Get all the observations for this species in CSV (Excel-ready) format
- Region of interest, time period and datasets selected are not reflected
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Get observations currently shown on the map in CSV (Excel-ready) format
- Max# 65,000; See notes below.
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Get current chart data in CSV (Excel-ready) format
- Time range criteria is ignored
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By accepting this document and using OBIS-SEAMAP the user agrees to
the following:
- Not to use data contained in OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication,
product, or commercial application without prior written consent of the original
data provider.
- To cite both the data provider and OBIS-SEAMAP appropriately
after approval of use is obtained.
Example citation for a dataset: Read, A.J. & A.J. Westgate. 1997. Monitoring the movements of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with satellite telemetry. Marine Biology, 130: 315-322 .
Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: Read, A.J., Halpin, P.N., Crowder, L.B., Best, B.D., Fujioka, E.(Editors). 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: mapping marine mammals, birds and turtles. World Wide Web
electronic publication. http://seamap.env.duke.edu, Accessed on July 03, 2009.
- To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by
OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references.
- Not
to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made
every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we
cannot
guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.
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