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			<abstract>Over 645 sightings of cetacean groups (of one and more individuals) have been recorded in the Black Sea, Azov Sea and Kerch Strait during the period from 1993 to 2010 inclusive.
Most the data were obtained by means of special cetacean line transect aerial and vessel-based surveys conducted by trained observers. Some data were colllected during cetacean photo-identification studies. The dataset is accompanied with the estimated values of cetacean density and abundance.
For the most recent 5 years of data collection, only presence data are made available, for data older than 5 years, abundance data is made available.</abstract><supplinf>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:
&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://obis.org/dataset/db99b405-1b51-432b-86b6-cc77465d08c5"&gt;https://obis.org/dataset/db99b405-1b51-432b-86b6-cc77465d08c5&lt;/a&gt;
Data Provider's dataset page:
&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=birkun_cetacea_sighting"&gt;http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=birkun_cetacea_sighting&lt;/a&gt;</supplinf></descript>
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			<citeinfo><serinfo/><pubinfo/><edition>Version 1.0.0</edition></citeinfo>
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		<timeperd><current>ground condition</current><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>19930815</begdate><enddate>20100920</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo></timeperd>
		<status><progress>In work</progress><update>As needed</update></status>
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		<useconst>1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.

Suggested citation for this dataset:

Birkun, A. 2020. Cetacean sightings in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152329) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/db99b405-1b51-432b-86b6-cc77465d08c5)



Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:

Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115

2. 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.

3. 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. 

4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.

5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses.

6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst>
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				<cntpos/><cntemail>info@eurobis.org; alexeibirkun@home.cris.net; n/a</cntemail><cntvoice>n/a; n/a; n/a</cntvoice></cntinfo>
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		<distliab>Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP 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.
Also please refer to Use Constraints.
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