Dataset
OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences
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
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
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)
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 4,866 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 4,866 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 4,866 |
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| ON_LAND | 1 |
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