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	<abstract>EcoOcéan Institut is a non-governmental organization with professional researchers working in the north-western Mediterranean Sea on cetaceans, turtles and seabirds since 1994. Campaigns at sea are dedicated to data collection (marine animals, maritime traffic, marine debris) and the research methods used are mainly "line transect" and "photo-identification."</abstract><purpose>EcoOcéan Institut contributes to the growing knowledge on vertebrates at sea aiming for their protection. We work on subjects like ecology, distribution, and monitoring the impact of human activities (bycatch, ship strike, disturbance by leisure vessels).&#13;
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EcoOcéan Institut works with several marine protected area managers at a local, national or international level (i.e., French Marine Parks, French Ministry of the Environment, Pelagos Sanctuary, ACCOBAMS, and RAC/SPA).&#13;
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Each year, EcoOcéan Institut produces colleagues and young "eco-guides" and works with the concept of citizen science or "eco-volunteer" through its partners: &lt;a href="http://www.swisscetaceansociety.org"&gt;Swiss Cetacean Society&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href ="http://www.cybelle-planete.org/"&gt;Cybelle Planète&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.participefutur.org/"&gt;Participe Futur&lt;/a&gt;. Also, we work in collaboration with several institutions and other researchers such as WWF-France, Fondation Nicolas Hulot, ISPRA, Cima Foundation, IFREMER, and Observatoire PELAGIS-CRMM. We participate actively at capacity building (concerning research methodologies on cetaceans) in the Mediterranean area (France, Marocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Lebanon).&#13;
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EcoOcéan Institut is one of the founders of the French GIS3M (Groupement of scientific interest for the marine mammals of the Mediterranean Sea and their environment).</purpose><supplinf>Currently, only cetacean sightings have been included in OBIS-SEAMAP, but the full dataset includes seabirds, sea turtles and sunfish, along with the effort tracks.</supplinf></descript>
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		<citeinfo><origin>David, L</origin><pubdate>2014</pubdate><title>Cetacean sightings in the north western Mediterranean Sea by EcoOcu00e9an Institute and partners 1994-2011</title><onlink>https://doi.org/10.82144/1f327022</onlink><serinfo><sername>OBIS-SEAMAP</sername><issue>972</issue></serinfo><pubinfo><pubplace>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/972</pubplace><publish>OBIS-SEAMAP</publish></pubinfo><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><edition>Version 1.0.0</edition></citeinfo>
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	<timeperd><current>ground condition</current><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>19940619</begdate><enddate>20110831</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo></timeperd>
	<status><progress>Complete</progress><update>None planned</update></status>
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	<accconst>Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.</accconst>
	<useconst>1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required.&#13;
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Suggested citation for this dataset:&#13;
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David, L. 2014. Cetacean sightings in the north western Mediterranean Sea by EcoOcéan Institute and partners 1994-2011. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/972) on yyyy-mm-dd.&#13;
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Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP:&#13;
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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&#13;
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2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references.&#13;
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3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers 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. &#13;
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4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP.&#13;
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5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses.&#13;
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6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.</useconst>
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			<address>18 rue des Hospices; n/a</address><city>Montpellier; n/a</city><state>n/a; n/a</state><postal>34090; n/a</postal><country>France; n/a</country></cntaddr>
		<cntpos/><cntvoice>+33(0)4.67.84.28.87; n/a</cntvoice><cntemail>ecoocean@wanadoo.fr; ecoocean@wanadoo.fr</cntemail><cntfax/></cntinfo>
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<taxonomy><keywtax><taxonkt>Taxon covered</taxonkt><taxonkey>Marine mammals</taxonkey></keywtax><taxonsys><classsys><classcit><citeinfo><origin>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</origin><pubdate>Unknown</pubdate><title>Integrated Taxonomic Information System</title><geoform>Not applicable</geoform><othercit>Downloaded April, 2004</othercit><onlink>http://www.itis.usda.gov/</onlink></citeinfo></classcit></classsys><ider><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntper><cntorg>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype><address>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</address><city>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</city><state>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</state><postal>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</postal><country>Refer to the contact information of the dataset</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>Not provided</cntvoice></cntinfo></ider><taxonpro>Identified by observers or researchers conducting the survey</taxonpro></taxonsys><taxoncl><taxonrn>Kingdom</taxonrn><taxonrv>Animalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Phylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Chordata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subphylum</taxonrn><taxonrv>Vertebrata</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Class</taxonrn><taxonrv>Mammalia</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Subclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Theria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Infraclass</taxonrn><taxonrv>Eutheria</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Order</taxonrn><taxonrv>Cetacea</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Mysticeti</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenopteridae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera acutorostrata</taxonrv></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Balaenoptera physalus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Suborder</taxonrn><taxonrv>Odontoceti</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Delphinidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Globicephala</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Globicephala melas</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Grampus</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Grampus griseus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Stenella</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Stenella coeruleoalba</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Tursiops</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Tursiops truncatus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Physeteridae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Physeter</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Physeter macrocephalus</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl><taxoncl><taxonrn>Family</taxonrn><taxonrv>Hyperoodontidae</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Genus</taxonrn><taxonrv>Ziphius</taxonrv><taxoncl><taxonrn>Species</taxonrn><taxonrv>Ziphius cavirostris</taxonrv></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxoncl></taxonomy><datacred>EcoOcéan Institut and partners (SCS, Cybelle Planète, Participe Futur, EPHE, WWF-France, FNH)</datacred><crossref><citeinfo><origin>Di-Meglio, N. and L. David</origin><pubdate>2010</pubdate><title>Suivi temporel du Sanctuaire Pelagos par transects mensuels au large et réflexion sur des méthodologies de monitoring</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>Rapport Final du Programme de recherche 2007/2009 de PELAGOS France. GIS 3M / EcoOcéan Institut</sername><issue>1-192</issue></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>David, L., S. Alleaume and C. Guinet</origin><pubdate>2011</pubdate><title>High risk areas of collision between fin whales and ferries in the north-western Mediterranean Sea</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>Journal of Marine Animals and Their Environment</sername><issue>4(1):17-28</issue></serinfo></citeinfo></crossref><crossref><citeinfo><origin>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</origin><pubdate>2009</pubdate><title>OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><serinfo><sername>Oceanography</sername><issue>22(2):104-115</issue></serinfo><onlink>http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle</onlink></citeinfo></crossref></idinfo>

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	<distliab>Not 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.&#13;
Also please refer to Use Constraints.</distliab>
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	</spatRepInfo><eainfo><overview><eaover>This section explains attributes included in the original dataset.&#13;
OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only.&#13;
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