Dataset

Seabird observations by Neil Cheshire on the Coral Geographer from Zanzibar to Fremantle, Indian Ocean (2023)

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Seabird observations by Neil Cheshire on the tourist vessel Coral Geographer from Zanzibar to Fremantle, Indian Ocean in march 2023. Observations typically 2 to 3 times per day. Weather details (air and sea temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and direction and atmospheric pressure) were recorded once per day. Original data recording sheets can be downloaded at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/download.cfm?file_id=5393. Data entered by OBIS Australia and where possible matched to WoRMS taxa.

Citation: Seabird observations by Neil Cheshire on the Coral Geographer from Zanzibar to Fremantle, Indian Ocean (2023). v1.0. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=seabirds_coral_2023&v=1.0

Published: December 29, 2025 at 05:08

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

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=seabirds_coral_2023

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occurrence records
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measurements and facts
14
taxa
13
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
scientificNameID 2
3.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_MATCH 2
3.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data