Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC)20140331IMMRAC marine mammal sightings from the Red Seavector digital dataOBIS-SEAMAPLatesthttp://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1145OBIS-SEAMAPhttp://immrac.org
IMMRAC is a purely voluntary registered nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of cetacean populations in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the noethern Red Sea, through scientific research and public education. IMMRAC is a partner of ACCOBAMS. Research activities are under the academic auspices of the Institute for Maritime Studies, School of Marine Sciences in the University of Haifa. Open Sea research activity along the 190 km-long Israeli Mediterranean coast is conducted throughout the year, weather permitting. It focuses on the socio-ecology of the resident bottlenose dolphin population through half-day surveys from inflatable boats and private yachts. Due to logistic reasons, open sea research in the Red Sea is opportunistic and sporadic.IMMRAC collates shore-based and boat-based cetacean sightings, the latter from dedicated surveys as well as from platforms of opportunity, made by its own staff or reported to it by other parties. The latter are mostly backed by photographs/videos or else, are indisputably accredited through careful interrogation by IMMRAC experts in real time and/or soon after the sighting, aided by a pictorial guide.Some records had estimates, minimums, or ranges for group sizes - these were converted to numbers, minimum + 1, or the median number (rounded down), respectively, for the number of animals observed.1994050420140326ground conditionNone plannedRed Sea33.84939.01529.5517.012
NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologyVisual SightingVesselNoneRed SeaTaxon coveredMarine mammalsIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical addressRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderOdontocetiFamilyDelphinidaeGenusGrampusSpeciesGrampus griseusGenusPseudorcaSpeciesPseudorca crassidensGenusStenellaSpeciesStenella attenuataSpeciesStenella longirostrisGenusTursiopsSpeciesTursiops aduncusSpeciesTursiops truncatusSuborderMysticetiFamilyBalaenopteridaeGenusMegapteraSpeciesMegaptera novaeangliae
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Suggested citation for this dataset:
Kerem, D. 2014. IMMRAC marine mammal sightings from the Red Sea. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1145) on yyyy-mm-dd.
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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. 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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Dani KeremIMMRAC (Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center)
mailing and physical address
The Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, Charney School for Marine SciencesHaifa31905Israel
972-4-8249449dankerem@research.haifa.ac.il
Nir Hadar, Oz Goffman, Aviad Scheinin, Mia Elasar and Dani Kerem, Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC)
Relational database
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. Hyrenbach2009OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributionsvector digital dataOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle
All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider.
Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
All observation records are included.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20140331Point
0.0010.001Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984WGS_1984
6378137.000000298.257224
Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)sp_obsSpecies name recordedData providerSpecies name recordedsp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerobs_dateDate of observationData provider1994-05-042014-03-26obs_timeTime of the observation (local time zone)Data provider06:30:0019:25:00latitudeLatitude in decimal degreesData provider17.012029.5500longitudeLongitude in decimal degreesData provider33.849039.0150group_size_orgGroup size in original format (including ranges, minimum etc in text)Data providerGroup size in original format (including ranges, minimum etc in text)obs_countestimated group sizeData provider1201calves_presenceCalves presenceData providerCalves presenceactivityActivity (since 2012 data)Data providerActivity (since 2012 data)geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPThis 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.Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC)
Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.
OBIS-SEAMAP
mailing and physical address
A328, LSRCDurhamNC27708USA
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 1145Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets.
Also please refer to Use Constraints.
CSV and ESRI shapefile
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Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site.
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Ei Fujioka
Nicholas School, Duke Universitymailing and physical addressA328, LSRCDurhamNC27708USA
919-613-8021
seamap-contact@duke.edu
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time
http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profile