Sightings of marine mammals carried out during oceanographic surveys in the Argentine continental shelf

OBIS and OBIS Argentina

This dataset comprises 389 records of marine mammals collected during nine vessel surveys conducted during 2009-2015, along the Argentine continental shelf. The surveys, carried out between November and April, were designed as line-transect sampling methodology with data collection through visual methods. The database comprises 7 families, 14 genus and 17 marine mammals species were sighted, including records of dolphins, whales and pinnipeds.

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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/4c50edb9-a5ff-48e4-af3b-ce50c28cd304
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://arobis.cenpat-conicet.gob.ar:8081/resource?r=arobis-cenpat-cadic-mammalobs

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.

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