https://doi.org/10.82144/0fc73ab3 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2020 Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Primary contact karinavishnyakova@gmail.com Oleksandr Neprokin Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Secondary contact o.neprokin@gmail.com www.sea.gov.ua OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Primary contact karinavishnyakova@gmail.com owner Oleksandr Neprokin Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Secondary contact o.neprokin@gmail.com www.sea.gov.ua originator ACCOBAMS and WDCS The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) http://www.accobams.org/ originator 2025-09-11 eng Original provider: Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Dataset credits: Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Abstract: The data contain information collected during the implementation of the ACCOBAMS Project "Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector" 2016-2017 on the occurrence of the cetaceans in the north-western part of the Black Sea including photo identification surveys and linear-transect surveys of density and abundance. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Visual Sighting Vessel cetaceans Phocoena Delphinus Tursiops Ukraine photo identification line-transect survey N/A [2019-12-02] Data were updated and fin images were added to some of the sighting records. The species was originally identified at species level. Upon consultation with the provider, the identification was changed to subspecies level. This dataset is also available at <a href="http://gp.sea.gov.ua:8082/ipt/resource?r=accobams_2016-2017" target="_blank">OBIS Black Sea</a> and <a href="https://obis.org/dataset/9decd752-d5af-468c-b772-47df3c582c47" target="_blank">OBIS</a> This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2020 Oceans,Black Sea 29.7892 33.1567 46.1104 45.2853 2016-06-23 2017-08-09 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). subspecies Delphinus delphis ponticus Black sea common dolphin subspecies Phocoena phocoena relicta Black sea harbor porpoise subspecies Tursiops truncatus ponticus Black sea bottlenose dolphin notPlanned Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Primary contact karinavishnyakova@gmail.com NA NA NA Karina Vishnyakova owner Oleksandr Neprokin originator NA zd_2020 2025-09-11T15:45:59-04:00 dataset Vishnyakova, K. and O. Neprokin. 2019. Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector funded by ACCOBAMS 2016-2017. Version 1.0.1. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/0fc73ab3. Gol'din P, Gladilina E, Savenko O, Vishnyakova K, Ivanchikova J, Derkacheva T, Gulak B, Kriukova A, Polyanska K, Neprokin O. 2017. Data on cetacean occurrence collected during the project “Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector” funded by ACCOBAMS. v1. Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES)Dataset/Occurrence. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2020 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2020/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2020/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2020 zd_2020