Dataset

SharkBase records of shark encounters

OBIS Australia Open in mapper Explore occurrences

SharkBase is a website for recording and sharing sharks, rays, and chimaeras encounters, including associated photos. Data downloaded from Atlas of Living Australia (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr2383) and taxa matched to the World Register of Marine species (WoRMS)

Citation: (2023): SharkBase records of shark encounters. v1.10. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=ala_dr2383&v=1.10

Published: June 28, 2023 at 04:34

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=ala_dr2383

SharkBase
SharkBase

660
occurrence records
75
taxa
64
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 8
1.2%
maximumDepthInMeters 660
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 660
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 660
100.0%
ON_LAND 97
14.7%

Measurement types

DNA derived data