https://doi.org/10.82144/ea77d637 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2038 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/cd799005-b27e-4548-9c57-0edc5e2ba196 https://obis.org/dataset/7cfb4cec-64b6-4862-bd69-d313aab5f4d7 Silvia Frey KYMA sea conservation & research Primary contact silvia@kyma-sea.org www.kyma-sea.org OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Silvia Frey KYMA sea conservation & research Primary contact silvia@kyma-sea.org www.kyma-sea.org 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: OceanCare Dataset credits: Silvia Frey, OceanCare Abstract: This dataset comprises the work carried out by OceanCare in the waters east and north of Sicily, Italy between 2016-2019. The project was dedicated to survey cetacean populations in these waters. Cetacean spatial and temporal distribution is studied using boat-based surveys. 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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2038 Oceans,Sicily,Italy 14.633667 15.904417 38.773483 36.709667 2016-06-27 2019-09-26 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Globicephala melas Long-finned pilot whale species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale OceanCare is a non-profit and non-governmental organization founded in 1989 in Switzerland. The organization is dedicated to the protection of marine mammals and the conservation of the marine environment. The association works at national and international level in the areas of whaling, industrial fishing, environmental changes, seal hunting, dolphin captivity, and cetacean research. OceanCare has the Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a partner of the UNEP/CMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS). With this cetacean monitoring project OceanCare provides long-term data on cetacean abundance in the Mediterranean Sea. notPlanned Silvia Frey KYMA sea conservation & research Primary contact silvia@kyma-sea.org www.kyma-sea.org NA NA NA Silvia Frey owner NA zd_2038 2025-07-31T17:30:42-04:00 dataset Frey, S. 2019. OceanCare cetacean sightings in Sicily, Italy 2016-2019. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/ea77d637. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2038 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2038/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2038/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2038 zd_2038