Dataset

LifeWatch observatory data: Permanent Cetacean passive acoustic sensor network in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

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Permanent Cetacean passive acoustic sensor network in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. The network records echolocation clicks of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and dolphins. https://www.lifewatch.be/en/cetacean-passive-acoustic-network

Citation: Debusschere E, Mortelmans J (2025). LifeWatch observatory data: Permanent Cetacean passive acoustic sensor network in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. Version 1.10. No organisation. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.vliz.be/upload/resource?r=lifewatch_cpod&v=1.10

Published: November 25, 2025 at 09:36

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=lifewatch_cpod

Elisabeth Debusschere
Elisabeth Debusschere

Jonas Mortelmans
Flanders Marine Institute

449,119
occurrence records
1,796,478
measurements and facts
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 449,119
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX 2,876
0.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data