Seabird Atlas of South-eastern Australian Waters 1975-1993

Dave Watts, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

Dataset credit

OBIS and OBIS Australia

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Dave Watts CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Secondary contact Tim Reid ANU

Citation

Reid, T.A., Hindell, M.A., Eades, D.W. and Newman, M. 2002 Seabird Atlas of South-eastern Australian Waters, Birds Australia Monograph 4, Birds Australia, Melbourne.
Watts, D. and T. Reid. 2021. Seabird Atlas of South-eastern Australian Waters 1975-1993. 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/103152571.
Watts, D. 2020. Seabird Atlas of South-eastern Australian Waters 1975-1993. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152571) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/dc9c4c41-ec01-422f-9770-fb2061570142)

Abstract

Seabird Atlas of South-eastern Australian Waters derived from multiple sources. Data from paper by Reid, T.A., Hindell, M.A., Eades, D.W. and Newman, M. 2002 Seabird Atlas of South-eastern Australian Waters, Birds Australia Monograph 4, Birds Australia, Melbourne. The following surveys/voyages have been removed as they exist in the existing OBIS dataset ANARE WoV - WOCE91, geosci , 1988/89 v4, 1989/90 v3, fishog and Thirst

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/dc9c4c41-ec01-422f-9770-fb2061570142
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://ogc-act.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=seabird_atlas_southeast_australia

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

Reid, T.A., Hindell, M.A., Eades, D.W. and Newman, M. 2002 Seabird Atlas of South-eastern Australian Waters, Birds Australia Monograph 4, Birds Australia, Melbourne.

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 ID103152571
Version1.0.0
Seabirds22,718
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species27
Total22,718
Date, Begin1975-10-31
Date, End1993-05-09
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude-49.00 - -33.00
Longitude136.00 - 153.00
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