https://doi.org/10.82144/d7c87604 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1263 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/fc5855cc-cd27-41ee-a30e-f1eb4fe9e4ae https://obis.org/dataset/ab80663c-0c47-46b2-9a03-2f1404a227b9 Mehdi Aissi Atutax Primary contact itucre@gmail.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Mehdi Aissi Atutax Primary contact itucre@gmail.com owner ACCOBAMS and WDCS The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) http://www.accobams.org/ originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Italo-Tunisian Cetacean Research Project Dataset credits: Atutax, Ketos, ISPRA, ACCOBAMS Abstract: Within the framework of the ACCOBAMS agreement a partnership of Italian and Tunisian research bodies is investigating the presence of cetacean, and the relationship with maritime traffic, within the region comprise among Tunisia-Sicily-Sardinia considered a critical habitat for cetacean species. To be able to systematically investigate the region, especially in high sea areas and all year round, ferries are used as platform of observations. Floating marine litter is experimentally investigated Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Visual Sighting Vessel N/A The original data provided by ITUCRE include data owned by Atutax and Ketos, which is indicated in the data_owner column. Upon provider's request, the data are split into two datasets based on the ownership and this dataset includes those owned by Atutax. Twenty unidentified sightings were removed from the original data upon provider's request. A few sightings observed D.delphis and S.coeruleoalba together. Such sightings are split into two records, one for each species. The notes column mentions this processing. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1263 Oceans,Tunisia 9.022033 10.411783 44.160767 36.851317 2013-09-28 2015-05-17 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale notPlanned Mehdi Aissi Atutax Primary contact itucre@gmail.com NA NA NA Mehdi Aissi owner NA zd_1263 2025-07-31T16:39:51-04:00 dataset Aissi, M. 2015. Cetacean coordinated transborder monitoring using ferries as platforms of observation off Tunisia 2013-2014 - Atutax. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/d7c87604. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1263 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1263/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1263/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1263 zd_1263 Aïssi M., Arcangeli A., Crosti R., Daly Yahia MN., Loussaief B., Moulins A., Pellegrino G., Ruvolo A., Tringali LM., Tepsich P. 2015. Cetacean monitoring onboard ferries in the central Mediterranean Sea. European Cetacean Conference 2015, Malta.