Dataset

Sightings of marine mammals carried out during oceanographic surveys in the Argentine continental shelf

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This dataset comprises 389 records of marine mammals collected during nine vessel surveys conducted during 2009-2015, along the Argentine continental shelf. The surveys, carried out between November and April, were designed as line-transect sampling methodology with data collection through visual methods. The database comprises 7 families, 14 genus and 17 marine mammals species were sighted, including records of dolphins, whales and pinnipeds.

Citation: Retana M V, Lewis M N, Dellabianca N A, Raya Rey A, Scioscia G, Torres M (2016): Sightings of marine mammals carried out during oceanographic surveys in the Argentine continental shelf. v1.2. ArOBIS Centro Nacional Patagónico. Dataset/Occurrence. http://arobis.cenpat-conicet.gob.ar:8081/resource?r=arobis-cenpat-cadic-mammalobs&v=1.2

Published: March 10, 2017 at 18:40

URL: http://arobis.cenpat-conicet.gob.ar:8081/resource?r=arobis-cenpat-cadic-mammalobs

María Valeria Retana
CESIMAR-CENPAT-CONICET

Mirtha Noemí Lewis
CESIMAR-CENPAT-CONICET

Natalia Andrea Dellabianca
CADIC-CONICET

Andrea Raya Rey
CADIC-CONICET

Gabriela Scioscia
CADIC-CONICET

Monica Torres
CADIC-CONICET

María Rosa Marin
CESIMAR-CENPAT-CONICET

Renato Mazzanti
CENPAT-CONICET

389
occurrence records
1,078
measurements and facts
19
taxa
16
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 389
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 389
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 389
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 389
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 389
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data