Dataset

Aerial sightings of beluga in the Russian Arctic seas 2010

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Original provider: Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences Dataset credits: Boris Solovyev, Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences Marine Mammal Council Abstract: The data on observation of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) during the planned sailing of the research scientific ship "Mikhail Somov" (Arkhangelsk–Wrangel Island–Arkhangelsk) from September 6 to December 6 2010 are presented. The results obtained confirm and correct the existing ideas of the distribution of white whales and directions of their migrations in seas of the Russian Arctic.

Citation: Solovyev, B. 2012. Aerial sightings of beluga in the Russian Arctic seas 2010. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/65f9e577.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 00:30

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_845

14
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 14
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 14
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 14
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 14
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data