Marine mammal land surveys of 2015

Aylin Akkaya, Deniz Memelileri Araştırma Derneği

Systematic land surveys were carried between 1th of March and 29th of
December 2015. Each land station was visited once a week, alternating
between early morning (05:30 - 11:00) and afternoon (15:30 - 20:00) surveys,
according to sunrise and sunset times. In total, surveys were conducted for 84
days (360 hours). Mediterranean monk seals were sighted on ten different
days and individuals were followed for a total of 4.42 hours.

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Land station coordinates:
Station 1= 36°52'5.9""N 30°43'6.3""E
Station 2 = 36°50'49.4""N 30°45'52.5""E

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.

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.
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Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
observation_order	Observation order
obs_datetime	Date (time is not provided)
num_groups	The number of groups observed
group_size	Group size of the first group
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
species	Species name (added by OBIS-SEAMAP)
sp_tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP