Dataset

Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos

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Original provider: Daniel Palacios Dataset credits: Daniel M. Palacios and Ocean Alliance Abstract: This dataset contains sightings of marine mammals (whales, dolphins, otariids) collected off the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, during three expeditions by the Ocean Alliance in 1988-1989, 1993-1994, and 2000, aboard research vessels Siben (1988-1989) and Odyssey (1993-1994, 2000).

Citation: Palacios, D. 2018. Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/be3596cc.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 23:01

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_656

Daniel Palacios
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

1,895
occurrence records
27
taxa
21
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 1,895
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,895
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,895
100.0%
ON_LAND 1
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data