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	<keywords><theme><themekt>None</themekt><themekey>Vessels</themekey><themekey>Sightings</themekey></theme><place><placekt>None</placekt><placekey>North Atlantic Ocean</placekey></place></keywords>
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	<abstract>This dataset was collected during CIRCE's research survey on cetaceans with &#13;
visual effort between 2001-2012.</abstract><purpose>Please contact data provider</purpose><supplinf>Sixty-five marine mammal observations identified as 'NO ID', 'NO ID BIG &#13;
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	<citation>
		<citeinfo><origin>De Stephanis, R., T. Cornulier, P. Verborgh, J. Salazar Sierra, N. Pérez Gimeno and C. Guinet</origin><pubdate>2008</pubdate><title>Summer spatial distribution of cetaceans in the Strait of Gibraltar in relation to the oceanographic context</title><serinfo><sername>Marine Ecology Progress Series</sername><issue>353: 272-288</issue></serinfo></citeinfo>
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	<timeperd><current>ground condition</current><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>19990422</begdate><enddate>20120206</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo></timeperd>
	<status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status>
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	<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 &#13;
proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown &#13;
under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from &#13;
multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.&#13;
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Suggested citation for this dataset:&#13;
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Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:&#13;
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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. &#13;
Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine &#13;
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 &#13;
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 &#13;
effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the 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. &#13;
OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you &#13;
downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.&#13;
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5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your &#13;
analyses.&#13;
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6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from &#13;
OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst>
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			<cntperp><cntper>Renaud de Stephanis</cntper><cntorg>CIRCE</cntorg></cntperp>
			<cntaddr>
				<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
			<address>Cabeza de manzaneda 3</address><city>Algeciras</city><state>Cadiz</state><postal>11390</postal><country>SPAIN</country></cntaddr>
		<cntpos/><cntvoice>+34605998195</cntvoice><cntemail>renaud@stephanis.org</cntemail><cntfax/></cntinfo>
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		<cntinfo>
			<cntorgp>
			<cntper>Ei Fujioka</cntper>
			<cntorg>Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University</cntorg>
			</cntorgp>
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			<cntvoice>919-613-8021</cntvoice>
			<cntemail>seamap-contact@duke.edu</cntemail>
		<cntperp><cntper>Ei Fujioka</cntper><cntorg>Duke University</cntorg></cntperp><cntpos/></cntinfo>
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		<ordering>Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site and click on [Datasets] tab appearing on upper left.</ordering>
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				<cntorg>Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.</cntorg>
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	<distliab>Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of &#13;
the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.&#13;
Also please refer to Use Constraints.</distliab>
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	</spatRepInfo><eainfo><overview><eaover>This section explains attributes included in the original dataset.&#13;
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