Dataset

OceanCare cetacean sightings 2001-2014

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: OceanCare Dataset credits: Silvia Frey, OceanCare Abstract: This dataset comprises the work carried out by OceanCare in the Provencal waters in the Mediterranean Sea between 2001 and 2014. The project was organized as a long-term monitoring project in order to survey cetacean population in these waters which belong to the Pelagos Marine Mammal Sanctuary. Cetacean spatial and temporal distribution has been studied using boat-based surveys.

Citation: Frey, S. 2015. OceanCare cetacean sightings 2001-2014. Version 1.6.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/527a0fd8.

Published: October 09, 2025 at 15:18

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_662

Silvia Frey
KYMA sea conservation & research

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)

492
occurrence records
8
taxa
8
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 492
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 492
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 492
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 492
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data