Cetacean strandings on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov since 2018

Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea

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

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[2023-01-23] Data in 2021/22 were appended.

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	(blank)
samplesizevalue	(blank)
samplesizeunit	(blank)
samplingeffort	(blank)
eventdate	Date of the stranding found
eventremarks	(blank)
habitat	(blank)
identifiedby	(blank)
dateidentified	(blank)
identificationreferences	(blank)
identificationremarks	(blank)
identificationqualifier	(blank)
typestatus	(blank)
locationid	(blank)
continent	Continent (always Europe)
waterbody	Water body
islandgroup	(blank)
island	(blank)
country	Country (always Ukraine)
locality	Location name
minimumdepthinmeters	(blank)
maximumdepthinmeters	(blank)
locationaccordingto	(blank)
locationremarks	(blank)
decimallatitude	Latitude at decimal degree
decimallongitude	Longitude at decimal degree
coordinateuncertaintyinmeters	(blank)
geodeticdatum	Geodetic datum (always EPSG:4326)
footprintwkt	(blank)
materialsampleid	(blank)
occurrenceid	Occurrence ID
catalognumber	(blank)
occurrenceremarks	(blank)
recordedby	Recorder
individualcount	Individual count
organismquantity	(blank)
organismquantitytype	(blank)
sex	Sex
lifestage	Life stage
behavior	(blank)
establishmentmeans	(blank)
occurrencestatus	Occurrence status (always present)
preparations	(blank)
associatedmedia	(blank)
associatedreferences	Link to photo or video
associatedsequences	(blank)
associatedtaxa	(blank)
organismid	(blank)
associatedoccurrences	(blank)
modified	(blank)
rights	(blank)
rightsholder	(blank)
accessrights	(blank)
bibliographiccitation	(blank)
references_	(blank)
institutionid	(blank)
institutioncode	Institution code
collectionid	(blank)
collectioncode	(blank)
datasetid	(blank)
basisofrecord	Basis of record (always HumanObservation)
datageneralizations	(blank)
dynamicproperties	(blank)
taxonid	(blank)
scientificnameid	Species ID by WoRMS
acceptednameusageid	(blank)
scientificname	Scientific name
scientificnameauthorship	Scientific name authorship
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
kingdom	Kingdom (always Animalia)
taxonrank	definition not provided
taxonremarks	definition not provided
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP