Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2014) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas

Pavel Gol'din, I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology

Dataset credit

OBIS and OBIS Black Sea

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Pavel Gol'din I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
Secondary contact Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea

Citation

Vishnyakova K, Gol'din P (2016): Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2013) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas. v1.3. Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES). Dataset/Occurrence. http://gp.sea.gov.ua:8082/ipt/resource?r=cetacean_strandings_data_bs_as&v=1.3
Gol'din, P. 2020. Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2014) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152530) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/ab3cb4b7-5d54-4d1a-9be2-93d5efac54f6)

Abstract

This dataset contains data on cetacean strandings collected from 1999 to 2014 on the coastal areas of the Black sea and the Sea of Azov. Observations were conducted by Pavel Gol'din and Karina Vishnyakova, with the help provided by D. Markov, E. Gladilina, E. Gol'din, V. Sokhin, E. Kushnir, V. Serbin, Yu. Lyashenko, L. Godlevska, A. Nadolny, M. Kovalyova, O. Savenko, N. Kukharev and other colleagues and volunteers who took part in the field excursions and provided information on strandings.

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/ab3cb4b7-5d54-4d1a-9be2-93d5efac54f6
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://gp.sea.gov.ua:8082/ipt/resource?r=cetacean_strandings_data_bs_as

References

Vishnyakova K, Gol'din P (2016): Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2013) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas. v1.3. Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES). Dataset/Occurrence. http://gp.sea.gov.ua:8082/ipt/resource?r=cetacean_strandings_data_bs_as&v=1.3

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 ID103152530
Seabirds0
Marine mammals227
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total227
Date, Begin2009-06-07
Date, End2012-05-18
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude44.87 - 45.93
Longitude33.56 - 36.56
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. throughiOBIS
Registered2020-06-29
Updated2021-02-05
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with None
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