CIRCE Marine mammals off Spain 2001-2012

CIRCE

Dataset credit

de Stephanis, R., CIRCE

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Renaud de Stephanis CIRCE
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

De Stephanis, R., T. Cornulier, P. Verborgh, J. Salazar Sierra, N. Pérez Gimeno and C. Guinet. 2008. Summer spatial distribution of cetaceans in the Strait of Gibraltar in relation to the oceanographic context. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 353: 272-288.

Abstract

This dataset was collected during CIRCE's research survey on cetaceans with
visual effort between 2001-2012.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Sixty-five marine mammal observations identified as 'NO ID', 'NO ID BIG
CETACEAN', 'NO ID SMALL DOLPHIN', 'None' were removed.

References

De Stephanis, R., T. Cornulier, P. Verborgh, J. Salazar Sierra, N. Pérez Gimeno and C. Guinet. 2008. Summer spatial distribution of cetaceans in the Strait of Gibraltar in relation to the oceanographic context. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 353: 272-288.

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
oiddefinition not provided
rec_idRecord ID
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
obs_dateObservation date
obs_timeobservation time (accuracy: hours)
obs_countGroup size
sp_obsSpecies name
sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
data_ownerData owner
geomdefinition not provided
OBIS-SEAMAP ID840
Seabirds0
Marine mammals3,721
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total3,721
Date, Begin1999-04-22
Date, End2012-02-06
Temporal prec.111100
Latitude35.79 - 37.13
Longitude-10.27 - -5.03
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. throughACCOBAMS
Registered2012-04-12
Updated2023-03-14
StatusPublished
Sharing policy Permission required
Shared with None
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