Acoustic detections in Indian Ocean

Thomas Webber, University of St Andrews

Dataset credit

Thomas Webber, University of St Andrews

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Thomas Webber University of St Andrews
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

Acoustic detcetions of odontocetes from over 30,000km of survey effort from
the Arctic, Atlantic, Southern and Indian Oceans, using a streamlined
workflow for increasing the speed of acoustic anakysis for large datasets
utilizing existing modules within PAMGuard.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Each record represents species presence only.
Five records with no coordinates were dropped.
Survey trackline is provided as a static image online.

Change History

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.

- 1.0.0 (2021-05-26) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

Attributes

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
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
fidFID
encounteriEncounter number
eventtypeClassification type
whistleclaPAMGuard Whisle Classification
species_codeSpecies code by provider
sp_tsnITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_countEmpty
sightingSighting at time of acoustic detection
obs_datetimeStart date/time of encounter
endencounterEnd date/time of encounter
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
whistlesdeWhistles detected?
meanmidfremean mid whistle frequency
maxupfreqkmean upper whistle frequency
minlowfreqmean lower whistle frequency
clickdetecClicks detected?
ch2medianfmeadian click frequency channel 2
ch3medianfmeadian click frequency channel 3
ch2meanfremean click frequency channel 2
ch3meanfremean click frequency channel 3
ch2sechannel 2 click frequency SE
ch3sechannel 3 click frequency SE
tmperpendiDistance from track line
tmperpen_1definition not provided
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID2156
DOI10.82144/246988d3
Version1.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals277
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total277
Date, Begin2021-03-02
Date, End2021-03-30
Temporal prec.111110
Latitude-11.68 - -3.61
Longitude55.48 - 62.42
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAcoustic - presence
EffortN/A
Registered2021-05-26
Updated2022-05-23
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Shared with GBIF
OBIS
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
See download history / statistics