Dataset

Cetacean survey in Balabac Strait, Philippines

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Original provider: Louella Dolar Dataset credits: Louella Dolar Conservation International Abstract: These are the sightings of cetaceans found in Balabac Strait, Palawan, Philippines. The survey was carried out on May 3-14, 2006 using the line transect method. The survey vessel was a 20 m boat with a sighting platform 5 m above sea level. The survey covered 718 km of trackline in an area of 6,538 sq. km. Funding was provided by Conservation International- Philippines.

Citation: Dolar, L. 2008. Cetacean survey in Balabac Strait, Philippines. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/7dad81d5.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 22:43

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_461

Louella Dolar
Louella Dolar

32
occurrence records
11
taxa
9
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 32
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 32
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 32
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 32
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data