Dataset

IMMRAC marine mammal sightings from the Mediterranean's Levantine Basin

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC) Dataset credits: Nir Hadar, Oz Goffman, Aviad Scheinin and Dani Kerem, Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC) Abstract: IMMRAC is a purely voluntary registered nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of cetacean populations in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the noethern Red Sea, through scientific research and public education. IMMRAC is a partner of ACCOBAMS. Research activities are under the academic auspices of the Institute for Maritime Studies, School of Marine Sciences in the University of Haifa. Open Sea research activity along the 190 km-long Israeli Mediterranean coast is conducted throughout the year, weather permitting. It focuses on the socio-ecology of the resident bottlenose dolphin population through half-day surveys from inflatable boats and private yachts. Due to logistic reasons, open sea research in the Red Sea is opportunistic and sporadic.

Citation: Kerem, D. 2014. IMMRAC marine mammal sightings from the Mediterranean's Levantine Basin. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/ffda027c.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 19:15

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_819

Dani Kerem
IMMRAC (Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center)

ACCOBAMS and WDCS
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)

105
occurrence records
8
taxa
8
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 105
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 105
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 105
100.0%
ON_LAND 3
2.9%

Measurement types

DNA derived data