EU-UNDP Project - Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Selected Measures (EMBLAS-Plus). Cetaceans (Photo-ID)

Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea

This dataset is based on the results of research activities on cetacean monitoring conducted in 2019 by Ukrainian researchers in the framework of EMBLAS-Plus project funded by the EU-UNDP.
2300 photographs of medium, good and excellent quality were selected for the photo-ID process. In total, 60 sightings of all the cetacean species were recorded during the photo-identification surveys and the ship-based line-transect survey, including common dolphins, 19; bottlenose dolphins, 19; harbour porpoises, 22.

The project was conducted under the newly developed Programme of cetacean monitoring for the Ukrainian territorial waters in the north-western part of the Black Sea as a part of the EMBLAS Plus effort. It is designed to contribute to the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) by Ukraine, compliant with the best world practices, and it contributes to the MSFD Criteria D1C1-D1C5. The overall objective of the EMBLAS-Plus project is to help improve protection of the Black Sea environment. The effort is aimed to increase knowledge about abundance, population structure and local distribution of the Black Sea cetaceans.

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