Dataset

Seabird observations in Australian and adjacent seas from voyages of the RV Franklin, RV Southern Surveyor, Southern Supporter and RV Aurora Australis (1988-2012)

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Seabird observations by Neil Cheshire (ships officer) from a range of voyages of the CSIRO vessels RV Franklin and RV Southern Surveyor and the Australian Antarctic Division vessels Southern Supporter and RV Aurora Australis. Records have been digitised from paper recording sheets that are available upon request.

Citation: Cheshire N (2023): Seabird observations in Australian and adjacent seas from voyages of the RV Franklin, RV Southern Surveyor, Southern Supporter and RV Aurora Australis (1988-2012). v1.8. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=seabirds_cheshire&v=1.8

Published: August 11, 2023 at 11:33

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=seabirds_cheshire

8,666
occurrence records
33,824
measurements and facts
142
taxa
124
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
decimalLatitude 50
0.6%
decimalLongitude 50
0.6%
scientificName 2
0.0%
scientificNameID 19
0.2%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_COORD 50
0.6%
NO_MATCH 19
0.2%
MARINE_UNSURE 3
0.0%
NOT_MARINE 2
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data