Dataset

Alnitak-Alnilam Cetaceans and sea turtles surveys off Southern Spain

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Original provider: Alnilam Dataset credits: Alnitak Alnilam Ana Cañadas Ricardo Sagarminaga General Directorate for the Conservation of Nature, the Spanish Ministry for the Environment LIFE-Nature programs, European Commission Earthwatch Institute ONR Abstract: This dataset, belonging as a whole to Alnitak, comprises the work carried out in the Alboran Sea and adjacent areas from 1990 to 2006, and it includes 3,712 sightings of cetaceans and 306 sightings of sea turtles, during more than 31,000 nmi (more than 57,000 km) on searching effort.

Citation: Cañadas, A. 2018. Alnitak-Alnilam Cetaceans and sea turtles surveys off Southern Spain. Version 1.6.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/2134f32c.

Published: October 09, 2025 at 15:19

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_429

Ana Cañadas
Alnilam

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)

4,866
occurrence records
16
taxa
13
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 4,866
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 4,866
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 4,866
100.0%
ON_LAND 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data