Megafauna sightings off Seychelles

Andy Ezeta, GVI Seychelles

Since 2006, various fauna sighted during every dive undertaken by GVI has been recorded. This data is purely qualitative and should be taken cautiously as recordings are not systematic nor standardized, thus vary according to many factors e.g. visibility, observer, site, dive purpose.

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The number (obs_count) counts the animals in the same size.

The downloadable data is not available to the public. You have to consult with and get permission from the provider.

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.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
date	Date of the sighting
time	Time of the sighting (valid up to minutes)
category	Species group
speciescommon	Common name
specieslatin	Scientific name
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
size	Animal size in meters (size 0 means the spotter couldn
number	Number of animals that had the same size
locationname	Location name
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
depth	Depth in meters
recorder	Recorder (always GVI)
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP