Dataset

POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Sightings (snap shots) of marine mammals collected by Biosphere Expeditions collaborators specifically for POPA. Since 2004 Biosphere Expeditions (www.biosphere-expeditions.org) collects data for POPA in the Azores central group in April and May.

Citation
Machete, M.; Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAC), Portugal; (2014): POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/21
Published
September 17, 2025 at 09:11
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=be_marine_mammals_sightings_2004_2013
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=be_marine_mammals_sightings_2004_2013

Contacts

Miguel Machete
University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries

Institute of Marine Research
Institute of Marine Research

University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries
University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries

Diana Catarino
University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries

600
total submitted occurrences
600
accepted occurrences
14
taxa
12
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 600
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 600
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 600
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 600
100.0%
ON_LAND 13
2.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data