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

María Rosa Marin, CESIMAR-CENPAT-CONICET

Dataset credit

OBIS and OBIS Argentina

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact María Rosa Marin Centro Nacional Patagónico - CONICET
Secondary contact Mirtha Noemí Lewis Centro Nacional Patagónico - CONICET
Secondary contact María Valeria Retana CESIMAR-CENPAT-CONICET
Secondary contact Natalia Andrea Dellabianca CADIC-CONICET
Secondary contact Andrea Raya Rey CADIC-CONICET
Secondary contact Gabriela Scioscia CADIC-CONICET
Secondary contact Monica Torres CADIC-CONICET

Citation

Retana M V, Lewis M N, Dellabianca N A, Raya Rey A, Scioscia G, Torres M (2016): Sightings of marine mammals carried out during oceanographic surveys in the Argentine continental shelf. v1.2. ArOBIS Centro Nacional Patagónico. Dataset/Occurrence. http://arobis.cenpat-conicet.gob.ar:8081/resource?r=arobis-cenpat-cadic-mammalobs&v=1.2
Marin, M. 2020. Sightings of marine mammals carried out during oceanographic surveys in the Argentine continental shelf. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152425) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/4c50edb9-a5ff-48e4-af3b-ce50c28cd304)

Abstract

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.

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

References

Retana M V, Lewis M N, Dellabianca N A, Raya Rey A, Scioscia G, Torres M (2016): Sightings of marine mammals carried out during oceanographic surveys in the Argentine continental shelf. v1.2. ArOBIS Centro Nacional Patagónico. Dataset/Occurrence. http://arobis.cenpat-conicet.gob.ar:8081/resource?r=arobis-cenpat-cadic-mammalobs&v=1.2

Attributes

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

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
oidInternal ID
idRecord ID
dataset_idDataset ID
scientificnameScientific name
vernacularnameVernacular name
aphiaidAphia ID
taxonranktaxononic rank
individualcountGroup size / individual count
eventdateEvent date (precision varies)
eventtimeEvent time
decimallatitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
decimallongitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
coordinateprecisionCoordinate precision
catalognumberCatalog number
collectioncodeCollection code
occurrencestatusOccurrence status
basisofrecordBasis of record (HumanObservation / MachineObservation)
modifiedDate/time the record was modified
node_idNode ID
occurrenceidOccurrence ID
occurrenceremarksOccurrence remarks
eventidEvent ID
institutioncodeInstitution code
lifestageLife stage
sexGender of the animal if known
speciesSpecies by provider
datasetidDataset ID by provider
countryCountry
localityLocation of ocean
waterbodyDetails of ocean
droppedFlag indicating the record was dropped (always false)
absenceFlag indicating the record represents the absence of the species (always false)
marineFlag indicating the record is for marine life (always true)
OBIS-SEAMAP ID103152425
Seabirds0
Marine mammals389
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total389
Date, Begin2009-12-01
Date, End2015-02-23
Temporal prec.111110
Latitude-58.00 - -38.10
Longitude-68.89 - -55.69
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. throughiOBIS
Registered2020-06-30
Updated2021-02-05
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with None
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