Dataset

UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: UK Royal Navy Dataset credits: United Kingdom Royal Navy Abstract: This dataset includes unclassified incidental sightings of cetaceans from the United Kingdom Royal Navy ships. The dataset is global in coverage.

Citation
Maughan, B. and K. Arnold. 2010. UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations. Version 2.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/2b9d75fd.
Published
October 07, 2025 at 18:12
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_64
Archive
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/archive.do?r=zd_64

Contacts

Kate Arnold
Kate Arnold

Ben Maughan
UK Hydrographic Office

OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

1,407
total submitted occurrences
1,407
accepted occurrences
44
taxa
32
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,407
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,407
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,407
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,407
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 3
0.2%
ON_LAND 2
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data