Dataset

Cetacean coordinated transborder monitoring using ferries as platforms of observation off Tunisia 2013-2014 - Ketos

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: Italo-Tunisian Cetacean Research Project Dataset credits: Atutax, Ketos, ISPRA, ACCOBAMS Abstract: Within the framework of the ACCOBAMS agreement a partnership of Italian and Tunisian research bodies is investigating the presence of cetacean, and the relationship with maritime traffic, within the region comprise among Tunisia-Sicily-Sardinia considered a critical habitat for cetacean species. To be able to systematically investigate the region, especially in high sea areas and all year round, ferries are used as platform of observations. Floating marine litter is experimentally investigated

Citation
Letteri Tingali, M. 2015. Cetacean coordinated transborder monitoring using ferries as platforms of observation off Tunisia 2013-2014 - Ketos. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/7874e63f.
Published
October 09, 2025 at 14:19
License
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URL
http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1264
Archive
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/archive.do?r=zd_1264

Contacts

Mario Letteri Tingali
Associazione KETOS

OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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)

82
total submitted occurrences
82
accepted occurrences
4
taxa
4
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 82
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 82
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 82
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 82
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data