Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector funded by ACCOBAMS 2016-2017

Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea

The data contain information collected during the implementation of the ACCOBAMS Project "Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector" 2016-2017 on the occurrence of the cetaceans in the north-western part of the Black Sea including photo identification surveys and linear-transect surveys of density and abundance.

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[2019-12-02] Data were updated and fin images were added to some of the sighting records.

The species was originally identified at species level. Upon consultation with the provider, the identification was changed to subspecies level.

This dataset is also available at OBIS Black Sea and OBIS

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
oid	Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
eventid	Event ID
parenteventid	Parent event ID "ACCOBAMS_project_UA_2016-17"
samplingprotocol	(blank)
samplesizevalue	(blank)
samplesizeunit	(blank)
samplingeffort	(blank)
eventdate	Date and time of the sigthing at local time
eventremarks	(blank)
habitat	(blank)
identifiedby	(blank)
dateidentified	(blank)
identificationreferences	(blank)
identificationremarks	(blank)
identificationqualifier	(blank)
typestatus	(blank)
locationid	(blank)
continent	Continent "Europe"
waterbody	Water body "Black Sea"
islandgroup	(blank)
island	(blank)
country	Country "Ukraine"
locality	Locality
minimumdepthinmeters	(blank)
maximumdepthinmeters	(blank)
locationaccordingto	(blank)
locationremarks	(blank)
decimallatitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
decimallongitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
coordinateuncertaintyinmeters	(blank)
geodeticdatum	(blank)
footprintwkt	(blank)
materialsampleid	(blank)
occurrenceid	Occurrence ID
catalognumber	Catalog number (blank)
occurrenceremarks	Occurrence remarks
recordedby	Persons
individualcount	Individual count
organismquantity	(blank)
organismquantitytype	(blank)
sex	Sex (blank)
lifestage	Life stage (blank)
behavior	Behavior (blank)
establishmentmeans	(blank)
occurrencestatus	Occurrence status "present"
preparations	(blank)
associatedmedia	(blank)
associatedreferences	(blank)
associatedsequences	(blank)
associatedtaxa	(blank)
organismid	Organism ID (blank)
associatedoccurrences	(blank)
modified	Date the data modified (blank)
rights	definition not provided
rightsholder	Right holder (blank)
accessrights	Access rights (blank)
bibliographiccitation	Citation to the data (blank)
references_	References (blank)
institutionid	Institution ID (blank)
institutioncode	Institution code "UkrSCES"
collectionid	Collection ID (blank)
collectioncode	Collection code (blank)
datasetid	Dataset ID (blank)
basisofrecord	Basis of record "HumanObservation"
datageneralizations	(blank)
dynamicproperties	(blank)
taxonid	(blank)
scientificnameid	Scientific name ID
acceptednameusageid	(blank)
scientificname	definition not provided
scientificnameauthorship	Scientific name authorship
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
kingdom	Kingdom
taxonrank	Taxon rank
taxonremarks	Taxon remarks
resources	definition not provided
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP