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

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_64

Kate Arnold
Kate Arnold

Ben Maughan
UK Hydrographic Office

1,407
occurrence records
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