Marine mammal monitoring from coastal sites in Cardigan Bay, UK, 2004-2009

Liz Allan

Dataset credit

Ceredigion County Council

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Liz Allan Department of Environmental Services & Housing, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council
Data entry Connie Kot

Citation

Allan, L. 2011. Marine mammal monitoring from coastal sites in Cardigan Bay, UK, 2004-2009. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/c62eca66.
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 world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.

Abstract

Since 1994, Ceredigion County Council and a network of shore-based volunteer observes have monitored levels of boat traffic and the occurrence of bottlenose dolphins at seven sites on the coast of Cardigan Bay, Wales. We report high rates of site use and site occupancy by this species during the summer. Although trends in site use may not reflect population trends in the wider region, these data were consistent with recent abundance estimates that indicate that the number of bottlenose dolphins using Cardigan Bay is stable or slightly increasing.

Purpose

Cardigan Bay is a Special Area of Conservation for bottlenose dolphins and other species and habitats. Recreational boating is known to have the potential to cause disturbance to cetaceans and this monitoring study provides data that underpins the effectiveness of management.

Supplemental information

Time was not recorded in the original dataset and is filled with 0:00:00.

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 (2011-03-28) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

Pierpoint, C., L. Allan, H. Arnold, P. Evans, S. Perry, L. Wilberforce and J. Baxter. 2009. Monitoring important coastal sites for bottlenose dolphin in Cardigan Bay, UK. Journal of the Marine Biological Association. 89(5):1033-1043.

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 SEAMAP)
tblwatches_opindex
siteSite name
observerObserver name
obs_dateObserved date
obs_timeObserved time
watch
intervalindex
sightingindex
sp_obsSpecies observed
sp_tsnITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_countObserved count
range
calves
gridcell
activitystate
directionoftravel
mapped
notes
longitudeLongitude of observation
latitudeLatitude of observation
opindex
interval
generalweather
winddirection
seastate
boattype
all_range
boats300
boatactivity
s1
s2
s3
s4
s5
s6
t1
t2
t3
hf
hs
ap
br
l
bl
ts
sb
o
gf
gs
ospecified
geom
OBIS-SEAMAP ID716
DOI10.82144/c62eca66
Version1.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals3,625
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species1
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total3,626
Date, Begin2004-06-03
Date, End2009-09-12
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude52.13 - 52.42
Longitude-4.69 - -4.09
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformShore
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Registered2011-03-28
Updated2011-03-28
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Shared with GBIF
OBIS
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
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