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The World Data Center for
Marine Mammal, Seabird, Sea Turtle, Shark & Ray
Distributions
Species in latest 20 datasets
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Marine Mammals
records
datasets
Species in latest 20 datasets
Rowan Trebilco
Seabirds
records
datasets
Species in latest 20 datasets
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Sea Turtles
records
datasets
Species in latest 20 datasets
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Sharks & Rays
records
datasets
New
Additions since 2023-02-01
5 datasets
16 species
134,594 records
New or Updated Datasets
Research organizations and individuals around the world contribute their data of marine megavertebrates to OBIS-SEAMAP and it's growing.
Collaborative Contributions
Whether a scheduled, automatic data transfer or a manual submission of a large set of data, OBIS-SEAMAP is in a good collaboration with dedicated contributors.
Modeling Projects
MGEL organizes a repository of modeling efforts for marine protected species and develops mapping tools to visualize predicted density of the species.
Sea Turtle & PhotoID Apps
OBIS-SEAMAP provides applications specialized for the sea turtle communtity and photo-identification researches on whales & dolphins.
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Nesting sites
Loggerhead
Green
Hawksbill
Kemp's
Olive
Leatherback
Flatback
Other layers
RMUs
Distributions
mtDNA & nDNA Sites
Habitat Suitability
Network Graphs
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OBIS-SEAMAP helps quantify the global patterns of marine species distributions & biodiversity to improve our understanding of the ecology of marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles and rays & sharks, and to support worldwide conservation efforts.
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The feature-rich mapping tool helps you explore distributions & biodiversity of marine species to foster your project.
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OBIS-SEAMAP consists of a diverse database accumulating data from surveys, satellite telemetry, acoustic monitoring, Photo-ID, and citizen science of marine megavertebrates. It relies on contributors who are willing to share their data under the Creative Commons licenses.
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OBIS-SEAMAP is a thematic node of OBIS and a publisher to GBIF.
Most of OBIS-SEAMAP data are available in OBIS and GBIF.
Used in research and conservation projects addressing:
Protected Species Conservation
Identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas
Further Knowledge of Species
Historical and Current Distributions
