North Pacific Groundfish Observer

Karen Stocks, University of California, San Diego; Scripps Institute of Oceanography; San Diego Supercomputer Center (SIO)

Dataset credit

OBIS and OBIS Secretariat

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Karen Stocks University of California, San Diego; Scripps Institute of Oceanography; San Diego Supercomputer Center (SIO)
Secondary contact OBIS Secretariat Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

Citation

Stocks, K. and . OBIS Secretariat. 2021. North Pacific Groundfish Observer. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from iOBIS (https//:www.iobis.org). Data accessed from https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103150067.
Stocks, K. 2020. North Pacific Groundfish Observer. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103150067) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/16e6c6df-25d3-4471-93e7-acfef7e7dcc9)

Abstract

Data of of fish, invertebrate, and marine mammal observations in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska from 1993-2004.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

This dataset was downloaded from OBIS (https://obis.org/). The records for only marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles and rays and sharks were extracted. Records with no longitude/latitude or no date (eventDate) were excluded.
OBIS dataset page:
https://obis.org/dataset/16e6c6df-25d3-4471-93e7-acfef7e7dcc9
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/resource?r=ak_observer

Change History

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

- 1.0.0 (2020-06-30) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

Attributes

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oid
id
dataset_id
scientificname
vernacularname
aphiaid
taxonrank
individualcount
eventdate
eventtime
decimallatitude
decimallongitude
coordinateprecision
catalognumber
collectioncode
occurrencestatus
basisofrecord
modified
node_id
occurrenceid
occurrenceremarks
eventid
institutioncode
lifestage
sex
species
datasetid
country
locality
waterbody
dropped
absence
marine
obs_datetime
tprecision
on_land
date_in_future
OBIS-SEAMAP ID103150067
Version1.0.0
Seabirds5,777
Marine mammals27
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks15,486
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total21,290
Date, Begin1993-07-02
Date, End2004-07-02
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude51.21 - 61.72
Longitude-179.83 - 179.83
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Registered2020-06-30
Updated2021-02-05
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Sub group(s)OBIS
Shared with None
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
See download history / statistics