Green Balkans NGO's cetacean strandings on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast

Green Balkans NGO

Cetaceans' strandings along Bulgarian Black Sea coast compiled and recorded within Green Balkans NGO's Cetacean Monitoring and Conservation Program.

Data was collected within Green Balkans NGO's Cetacean Monitoring and Conservation Program and aims to monitor species composition and temporal and spatial trends in stranded cetaceans along Bulgarian coast.

[2023-01-17] Data since 2011 were added.
Time was not provided and "00:00:00" was used.
Species column shows the scientific name at the species level. Actual identification should be at the subspecies level if possible.

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.

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 (generated by SEAMAP)
no	Sequential number of stranding records
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude
date	Date of the stranding
time
species	Species scientific name
sex	Sex of marine mammal
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_count	Number of animals (always 1)
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP