Name: Acquario di Genova, Delfini Metropolitani Project, cetacean sightings 2001-2009
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Original provider: Acquario di Genova Dataset credits: Acquario di Genova Abstract: Delfini Metropolitani is a long term reserach project of Acquario di Genova to study the ecology of cetaceans and, in particular, of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). The study area is located along the Eastern Ligurian coast, between Genoa and La Spezia. The research platforms are two 5.10 m long inflatables. Research activity is conducted during the whole year, depending on weather conditions.

Citation

Bellingeri, M. 2011. Acquario di Genova, Delfini Metropolitani Project, cetacean sightings 2001-2009. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/0a174c37.

Published

October 09, 2025 at 14:53

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

URL

http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_761

Archive

https://ipt.env.duke.edu/archive.do?r=zd_761

Contacts

Michela Bellingeri
Acquario di Genova

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)

160

total submitted occurrences

160

accepted occurrences

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters		160	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	160		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	160		100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		160	100.0%

Acquario di Genova, Delfini Metropolitani Project, cetacean sightings 2001-2009

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data