https://doi.org/10.82144/ffda027c https://www.gbif.org/dataset/79de9b5f-24f0-4f1f-9f54-81148f08d382 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/819 https://obis.org/dataset/6b36d908-9036-46a6-b607-0808da6f7134 zd_819 Dani Kerem IMMRAC (Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center) Primary contact dankerem@research.haifa.ac.il http://maritime2.haifa.ac.il OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Dani Kerem IMMRAC (Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center) Primary contact dankerem@research.haifa.ac.il http://maritime2.haifa.ac.il owner 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) accobams@accobams.net http://www.accobams.org/ originator 2025-09-24 eng Original provider: Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC) Dataset credits: Nir Hadar, Oz Goffman, Aviad Scheinin and Dani Kerem, Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC) Abstract: 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. 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 Vessels Sightings N/A [2014-03-27] Sightings in 2012-2014 were appended. The activity column was added in this period whereas the seastate and comments columns were not provided. 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/819 Western Pacific 28.5 36.35 36.35 31.35 1993-07-26 2014-03-02 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin 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. notPlanned Dani Kerem IMMRAC (Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center) Primary contact dankerem@research.haifa.ac.il http://maritime2.haifa.ac.il NA NA NA Dani Kerem owner NA 2025-09-24T18:11:05-04:00 dataset Kerem, D. 2014. IMMRAC marine mammal sightings from the Mediterranean's Levantine Basin. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/ffda027c. D. Kerem, N. Hadar, O. Goffman, A. Scheinin, R. Kent, O. Boisseau, U. Schattner. 2012. Update on the cetacean fauna of the Mediterranean Levantine Basin. Open Marine Biology Journal6:6-27. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/819 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/819/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/819/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_819 zd_819