Population status of small cetaceans off Aragua, Central Coast of Venezuela 2009

Carolina Peralta, Universidad Simón Bolívar

Dataset credit

OBIS and Caribbean OBIS

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Carolina Peralta Universidad Simón Bolívar
Secondary contact OBIS Secretariat Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

Citation

Bolaños-Jiménez, J. and A. Villarroel-Marín. 2009. Population status of dolphin populations off the State of Aragua, Central Coast of Venezuela, Fall 2009. Final report, project RSG 08.07.07 funded by the Rufford Foundation, unpublished
Peralta, C. and . OBIS Secretariat. 2021. Population status of small cetaceans off Aragua, Central Coast of Venezuela 2009. 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/103152517.
Peralta, C. 2020. Population status of small cetaceans off Aragua, Central Coast of Venezuela 2009. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152517) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/a2c3b699-a2f2-4fd2-bcc1-4eb4c7830eeb)

Abstract

Photo-identification data to evaluate the population status of dolphins inhabiting the coast off the State of Aragua, Venezuela.

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/a2c3b699-a2f2-4fd2-bcc1-4eb4c7830eeb
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://ipt.iobis.org/caribbeanobis/resource?r=cetaceansaragua-2

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

Bolaños-Jiménez, J. and A. Villarroel-Marín. 2009. Population status of dolphin populations off the State of Aragua, Central Coast of Venezuela, Fall 2009. Final report, project RSG 08.07.07 funded by the Rufford Foundation, unpublished

Attributes

Overview

Attributes are defined by OBIS.

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
sexSex 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)
obs_datetime
tprecision
on_land
date_in_future
OBIS-SEAMAP ID103152517
Version1.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals39
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total39
Date, Begin2009-01-22
Date, End2009-03-03
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude10.50 - 10.70
Longitude-67.80 - -67.63
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