CE.TU.S. research cetacean sightings in the North Tuscany and Tuscan Archipelago waters, 1997-2011
Cetacean Research Centre (CE.TU.S.)
Dataset credit
Cetacean Research Centre (CE.TU.S.)
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Contacts
Role | Name | Organization | |
Primary contact |
Davide Bedocchi |
CE.TU.S. Cetacean Research Centre |
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Primary contact |
Silvio Nuti |
CE.TU.S. Cetacean Research Centre |
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Data entry |
Connie Kot |
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Citation
Bedocchi, D. and S. Nuti. 2011. CE.TU.S. research cetacean sightings in the North Tuscany and Tuscan Archipelago waters, 1997-2011. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/732) on yyyy-mm-dd. 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.
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Abstract
We work all year long in the Versilia area (North Tuscany) on a group of resident bottlenose dolphins called Alpha community and during the spring/summer time in the Tuscan Archipelago area on all the species of cetaceans, including T. truncatus, B. physalus, S. coeruleoalba, P. macrocephalus, G. griseus and D. delphis, G. melas, Z. cavirostris. Our platform is a 40 ft sail catamaran “Krill” (for a crew of 10 persons) equipped for the research activities (hydrophones, underwater digital HD camera, HD photocamera etc.), two engines and 5 mt rubber boat with 40 cv motor. Our activities include: ecology, ethology (interactions, parental care, etc.), bioacoustic, didactic of the school. Our last studies are the project to understand the presence/absence of bottlenose dolphins in the North Tuscany, related to environmental co-variates (i.e., sea surface temperature, coastal distance, bathymetry), in collaboration with University of Pisa, Genoa Acquarium, O.T.C. and Pelagos commitee and the comparison between the use of mark-recapture and distance sampling.
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Purpose
The purpose was to increase the knowledge about the distribution, abundance and health status of cetacean species in the Mediterranean Sea, particularly in the Pelagos Sanctuary and the Tuscany waters, to contribute to understanding the biology and ethology of these wonderful creatures. The latest studies concerning the noise pollution of the sea product produced by human activities and the effects on sensitive species such as the Cuvier's beaked whale.
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Supplemental information
N/A
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References
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Attributes
Overview
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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 |
oid | Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP) |
obs_date | Observed date |
obs_time | Observed time |
sp_obs | Species observed |
obs_count | Number of animals observed |
latitude | Latitude of observation |
longitude | Longitude of observation |
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sp_tsn | Species ITIS TSN |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 732 |
Seabirds | 0 |
Marine mammals | 394 |
Sea turtles | 0 |
Rays and sharks | 0 |
Other species | 0 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 0 |
Total | 394 |
Date, Begin | 1997-08-19 |
Date, End | 2010-10-29 |
Temporal prec. | 111111 |
Latitude | 42.27 - 44.32 |
Longitude | 5.38 - 11.03 |
Coord. prec. | 5 decimal digits |
Platform | Boat |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | N/A |
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Traveled (km) | 0 |
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Contr. through | ACCOBAMS |
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Registered | 2011-10-05 |
Updated | 2011-10-05 |
Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
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