Dataset

Counts of seabirds, marine mammals and other megafauna during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/5 - biodiversity excerpt as Darwin Core Archive

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Please note: Abstract created by PANGAEA data editor using Jungblut et al. (2017). Marine top predators (seabirds, marine mammals and other megafauna) were counted during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/5 crossing the Atlantic from Punta Arenas to Bremerhaven in spring 2012. Continuous half-hour transect counts were conducted by two observers from the bridge, situated approximately 18 meters above sea level, throughout daylight hours and while the vessel maintained its traveling speed (see Joiris & Falck 2011).

Citation: Jungblut, Simon; Nachtsheim, Dominik A; Boos, Karin; Joiris, Claude R; Wittmann, Astrid C; PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (2025): Counts of seabirds, marine mammals and other megafauna during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/5 - biodiversity excerpt as Darwin Core Archive [dataset]. VLIZ Marine Data Archive, https://doi.org/10.14284/754

Published: October 16, 2025 at 08:45

URL: https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=pangaea_868987

Simon Jungblut

Nachtsheim Dominik A

Boos Karin

Claude Joiris

Astrid C Wittmann

Frank Oliver Glöckner

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Robert Huber

87,115
occurrence records
82
taxa
65
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 87,115
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 87,115
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 87,115
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 87,115
100.0%
NOT_MARINE 655
0.8%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 655
0.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data