https://doi.org/10.82144/4a6bff48 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2162 Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Primary contact karinavishnyakova@gmail.com Oleksandr Neprokin Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Secondary contact o.neprokin@gmail.com www.sea.gov.ua OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Primary contact karinavishnyakova@gmail.com owner Oleksandr Neprokin Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Secondary contact o.neprokin@gmail.com www.sea.gov.ua originator 2025-09-11 eng Original provider: Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Dataset credits: Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Abstract: This nation-wide dataset contains data on cetacean strandings recorded on the Ukrainian coast of the Black sea and the Sea of Azov by researchers from a few research institutions (Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea, Institute of Marine Biology, Sсhmalhausen Institute of Zoology), researchers of protected areas (National Nature Parks “Bіloberezhzhya Svyatoslava” and “Meotyda”) and individually communicated by researchers and other citizens (local residents and visitors), all the evidences confirmed by photographs and geographical coordinates. Also, the photographically and geographically verified data from social network (Facebook) and news web sites were used (gathered by NGO BioEcoLinks). Creation of the dataset was recommended by the Research Council on Marine Mammal Protection and the Ministry of Ecology and National Resources of Ukraine 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 Land-based N/A [2023-01-23] Data in 2021/22 were appended. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2162 Oceans,Black Sea 29.638575 38.157671 47.094888 44.388303 2018-02-02 2022-12-26 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). subspecies Delphinus delphis ponticus Black sea common dolphin subspecies Phocoena phocoena relicta Black sea harbor porpoise subspecies Tursiops truncatus ponticus Black sea bottlenose dolphin notPlanned Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Primary contact karinavishnyakova@gmail.com NA NA NA Karina Vishnyakova owner Oleksandr Neprokin originator NA zd_2162 2025-09-11T15:57:42-04:00 dataset Vishnyakova, K. and O. Neprokin. 2023. Cetacean strandings on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov since 2018. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/4a6bff48. Karina Vishnyakova, Pavel Gol'din, Golubiev Oleksandr. 2021. Cetacean strandings on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov since 2018. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2162 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2162/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2162/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2162 zd_2162