GREC Tursiops sightings in the Mediterranean 1988-2010
Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés
Dataset credit
Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés and Alexandre Gannier
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Contacts
Role | Name | Organization | |
Primary contact |
Alexandre Gannier |
Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés |
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Data entry |
Connie Kot |
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Citation
Gannier, A. 2012. GREC Tursiops sightings in the Mediterranean 1988-2010. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/814) 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
Data were obtained during sailboat dedicated surveys.
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Purpose
Surveys were not focused on a specific cetacean species.
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Supplemental information
[2016-12-09] The Tursiops truncatus sighting on 7/9/1997 at 12:59:00 was removed from this dataset and added to the Cetacean sightings in the north western Mediterranean Sea by GREC – EPHE – EcoOcéan Institut, 1996-1997 dataset (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1426) by request from the provider (to clarify the ownership of the data).
[2016-09-22] The coordinates of the sighting 1999-07-09 11:30:00 were corrected. Longitude 5.58267 => -5.58267
Other data fields (not included here) describe environmental behavioral and other items. Pictures were taken opportunistically, as well as acoustic recordings.
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References
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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 |
oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
num_row | Row number |
matricul | definition not provided |
obs_date | Observed date |
lat1 | Original latitude format |
long1 | Original longitude format |
latitude | Latitude of observation in decimal degrees |
longitude | Longitude of observation in decimal degrees |
obs_count | Observed count |
time1 | Original time format |
obs_time | Observed time (local time) |
sp_obs | Species observed |
sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 814 |
Seabirds | 0 |
Marine mammals | 94 |
Sea turtles | 0 |
Rays and sharks | 0 |
Other species | 0 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 0 |
Total | 94 |
Date, Begin | 1988-08-02 |
Date, End | 2010-08-14 |
Temporal prec. | 111111 |
Latitude | 35.58 - 43.60 |
Longitude | -5.58 - 28.09 |
Coord. prec. | 5 decimal digits |
Platform | Boat |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | N/A |
Contr. through | ACCOBAMS |
Registered | 2012-01-18 |
Updated | 2016-12-09 |
Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
Permission required |
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