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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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.
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
samplesizevalue
samplesizeunit
samplingeffort
eventdate	Date and time of the sigthing at local time
eventremarks
habitat
identifiedby
dateidentified
identificationreferences
identificationremarks
identificationqualifier
typestatus
locationid
continent	Continent "Europe"
waterbody	Water body "Black Sea"
islandgroup
island
country	Country "Ukraine"
locality
minimumdepthinmeters
maximumdepthinmeters
locationaccordingto
locationremarks
decimallatitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
decimallongitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
coordinateuncertaintyinmeters
geodeticdatum
footprintwkt
materialsampleid
occurrenceid	Occurrence ID
catalognumber	Catalog number
occurrenceremarks	Occurrence remarks
recordedby	Persons
individualcount	Individual count
organismquantity
organismquantitytype
sex	Sex (blank)
lifestage	Life stage (blank)
behavior	Behavior (blank)
establishmentmeans
occurrencestatus	Occurrence status "present"
preparations
associatedmedia
associatedreferences
associatedsequences
associatedtaxa
organismid	Organism ID
associatedoccurrences
modified
rights
rightsholder
accessrights
bibliographiccitation
references_
institutionid
institutioncode	Institution code "UkrSCES"
collectionid
collectioncode
datasetid
basisofrecord	Basis of record "HumanObservation"
datageneralizations
dynamicproperties
taxonid
scientificnameid	Scientific name ID
acceptednameusageid
scientificname	Scientific name ID
sp_tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
scientificnameauthorship	Scientific name authorship
kingdom	Kingdom
taxonrank	Taxon rank
taxonremarks	Taxon remarks
resources
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP