Dataset

KYMA boat-based surveys in Thyrrhenian Sea and Ionian Sea

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Original provider: KYMA sea conservation & research Dataset credits: Silvia Frey, KYMA sea conservation & research Abstract: This dataset, belonging as a whole to KYMA sea conservation & research, comprises the monitoring data on great pelagics, mainly cetaceans and sea turtles, carried out in the central Mediterranean Sea, in particular in the southern Thyrrhenian Sea and western Ionian Sea since 2020. The research project is set up as a citizen science project. Spatial and temporal distribution of animals is studied using boat-based surveys.

Citation: Frey, S. 2023. KYMA boat-based surveys in Thyrrhenian Sea and Ionian Sea. Version 1.4.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/cd3b5dc4.

Published: October 09, 2025 at 14:15

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2128

Silvia Frey
KYMA sea conservation & research

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)

263
occurrence records
9
taxa
9
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 263
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 263
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 263
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 263
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data