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		<origin>Panigada, S., J. Ozog and N. Pierantonio</origin><pubdate>2025</pubdate><title>Tethys Research Institute aerial survey sightings 2021</title><edition>Version 1.0.0</edition><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>OBIS-SEAMAP</sername><issue>2322</issue></serinfo><pubinfo><pubplace>https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2322</pubplace><publish>OBIS-SEAMAP</publish></pubinfo><onlink>https://doi.org/10.82144/bc0219f8</onlink></citeinfo>
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	<descript><supplinf>Surveys partially funded under task order 19F4128 issued to HDR, Inc under &#13;
IDIQ contract N62470-15-D-8006, NAVFAC Atlantic by U.S. Fleet Forces &#13;
Command.</supplinf></descript>
	<timeperd><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>20210525</begdate><enddate>20210618</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo><current>ground condition</current></timeperd>
	<status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status>
	<spdom><descgeog>Mediterranean Sea</descgeog><bounding><westbc>15.0939</westbc><eastbc>26.290877</eastbc><northbc>40.035518</northbc><southbc>34.015552</southbc></bounding>
	</spdom><keywords><theme><themekt>None</themekt><themekey>Marine Animal Survey</themekey><themekey>Marine Biology</themekey><themekey>Seabirds</themekey><themekey>Marine mammals</themekey><themekey>Sea turtles</themekey><themekey>Visual Sighting</themekey><themekey>Aircraft</themekey></theme><place><placekt>None</placekt><placekey>Mediterranean Sea</placekey></place></keywords><taxonomy><keywtax><taxonkt>Taxon covered</taxonkt><taxonkey>Marine mammals</taxonkey><taxonkey>seabirds</taxonkey><taxonkey>Sea turtles</taxonkey></keywtax><taxonsys><classsys><classcit><citeinfo><origin>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</origin><pubdate>Unknown</pubdate><title>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</title><geoform>Not applicable</geoform><othercit>Downloaded April, 2004</othercit><onlink>http://www.itis.usda.gov/</onlink></citeinfo></classcit></classsys><ider><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntper><cntorg>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</address><city>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</city><state>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</state><postal>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</postal><country>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>Not provided</cntvoice></cntinfo></ider><taxonpro>Identified by observers or researchers conducting the survey</taxonpro></taxonsys><taxoncl><taxonrn>Kingdom</taxonrn><taxonrv>Animalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Phylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Chordata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subphylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Vertebrata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Class</taxonrn><taxonrv>Aves</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Procellariiformes</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Procellariidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Calonectris</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Calonectris diomedea</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Puffinus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Charadriiformes</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Laridae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Larus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Suliformes</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phalacrocoracidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Phalacrocorax</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Class</taxonrn><taxonrv>Reptilia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Testudines</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Cryptodira</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Superfamily</taxonrn><taxonrv>Chelonioidea</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Cheloniidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subfamily</taxonrn><taxonrv>Carettinae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Caretta</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Caretta caretta</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Class</taxonrn><taxonrv>Mammalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Theria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Infraclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Eutheria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Cetacea</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Odontoceti</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Delphinidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Grampus</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Grampus griseus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Stenella</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Stenella coeruleoalba</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Tursiops</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Tursiops truncatus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Physeteridae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Physeter</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Physeter macrocephalus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Hyperoodontidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Ziphius</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Ziphius cavirostris</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxonomy>
	<accconst>Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.</accconst>
	<useconst>1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless &#13;
the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each &#13;
of the datasets is required.&#13;
&#13;
Suggested citation for this dataset:&#13;
&#13;
Panigada, S., J. Ozog and N. Pierantonio. 2025. Tethys Research Institute aerial survey sightings 2021. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. Data accessed on yyyy-mm-dd from &#13;
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2322.&#13;
&#13;
Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:&#13;
&#13;
Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The &#13;
world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115&#13;
&#13;
2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references.&#13;
&#13;
3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the &#13;
accuracy of these datasets. &#13;
&#13;
4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your &#13;
analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.&#13;
&#13;
5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses.&#13;
&#13;
6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly &#13;
shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst>
	<ptcontac>
		<cntinfo>
			<cntperp><cntper>Jessica Ozog; Simone Panigada; Nino Pierantonio</cntper><cntorg>HDR, Inc.; Tethys Research Institute; Tethys Research Institute</cntorg></cntperp>
			<cntaddr>
				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
			<address>701 Independence Circle, Suite 101; n/a; n/a</address><city>Virginia Beach; n/a; n/a</city><state>VA; n/a; n/a</state><postal>23455; n/a; n/a</postal><country>n/a; Italy; Italy</country></cntaddr>
		<cntvoice>n/a; n/a; n/a</cntvoice><cntemail>jessica.ozog@hdrinc.com; panigada69@gmail.com; nino.pierantonio@protonmail.com</cntemail></cntinfo>
	</ptcontac><datacred>Tethys Research Institute</datacred>
	<native>Relational database</native>
	<crossref><citeinfo><origin>Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach</origin><pubdate>2009</pubdate><title>OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions</title><serinfo><sername>Oceanography</sername><issue>22(2):104-115</issue></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref></idinfo>
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		<attracc>
			<attraccr>All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider.</attraccr></attracc>
		<logic>Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was &#13;
matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System.</logic>
		<complete>All observation records are included.</complete><lineage><procstep><procdesc>Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.</procdesc><procdate>20250819</procdate></procstep></lineage></dataqual><spdoinfo><direct>Point</direct></spdoinfo><spref><horizsys><geograph>
				<latres>1e-06</latres><longres>1e-06</longres><geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit></geograph>
			<geodetic><horizdn>D_WGS_1984</horizdn><ellips>WGS_1984</ellips>
				<semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis><denflat>298.257224</denflat></geodetic></horizsys></spref>

<eainfo><detailed><enttyp><enttypl>Biogeographic data</enttypl><enttypd>Biogeographic data</enttypd><enttypds>Not applicable</enttypds></enttyp><attr><attrlabl>oid</attrlabl><attrdef>Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><rdom><rdommin>1</rdommin><rdommax>571</rdommax></rdom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>species_name</attrlabl><attrdef>Species name</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Species name</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>scientific_name</attrlabl><attrdef>Scientific name</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Scientific name</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>common_name</attrlabl><attrdef>Common name</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Common name</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>sp_tsn</attrlabl><attrdef>Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><rdom><rdommin>159786</rdommin><rdommax>203446</rdommax></rdom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>group_size</attrlabl><attrdef>Group size</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><rdom><rdommin>1</rdommin><rdommax>64</rdommax></rdom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>datetime</attrlabl><attrdef>Date and time in local time zone</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><rdom><rdommin>2021-05-25 14:26:42</rdommin><rdommax>2021-06-18 13:52:45</rdommax></rdom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>datetime_utc</attrlabl><attrdef>Date and time in UTC</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><rdom><rdommin>2021-05-25 11:26:42</rdommin><rdommax>2021-06-18 10:52:45</rdommax></rdom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>transect</attrlabl><attrdef>Transect</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv/></attr><attr><attrlabl>provider</attrlabl><attrdef>Provider name</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv/></attr><attr><attrlabl>latitude</attrlabl><attrdef>Latitude in decimal degrees</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><rdom><rdommin>34.0155520</rdommin><rdommax>40.0355180</rdommax></rdom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>longitude</attrlabl><attrdef>Longitude in decimal degrees</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><rdom><rdommin>15.0939000</rdommin><rdommax>26.2908770</rdommax></rdom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>geom</attrlabl><attrdef>Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP</attrdef><attrdefs>Data provider</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP</udom></attrdomv></attr></detailed><overview><eaover>This section explains attributes included in the original dataset.&#13;
The availability of the attributes depends on the share policy. &#13;
When "Minimum attributes" is selected, only date/time, lat/lon, species identification and group size are available. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the &#13;
data provider.&#13;
When "All attributes" is selected, all attributes are available in download.</eaover><eadetcit>Tethys Research Institute</eadetcit></overview>
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		<cntinfo>
			<cntorgp>
				<cntorg>Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.</cntorg>
				<cntper>OBIS-SEAMAP</cntper>
			</cntorgp>
			<cntaddr>
				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
				<address>A328, LSRC</address><city>Durham</city><state>NC</state><postal>27708</postal><country>USA</country>
			</cntaddr>
			<cntvoice>919-613-8021</cntvoice>
			<cntemail>seamap-contact@duke.edu</cntemail>
		</cntinfo>
	</distrib><resdesc>OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 2322</resdesc><distliab>Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.&#13;
Also please refer to Use Constraints.</distliab>
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		<fees>Free</fees>
		<ordering>Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site.</ordering>
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	<metd>20250819</metd><metrd>20250819</metrd><metc>
		<cntinfo><cntperp>
	<cntper>Ei Fujioka</cntper>
	<cntorg>Nicholas School, Duke University</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>A328, LSRC</address><city>Durham</city><state>NC</state><postal>27708</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr>
			<cntvoice>919-613-8021</cntvoice>
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	</metc><metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn><metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv><mettc>local time</mettc>
	
	
	
	
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