Dataset

Cetacean sightings along the catalan coast

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: Associació Cetàcea Abstract: We currently are conducting a research project on cetaceans. The study is foccussed on the fin whale in the Mediterranean Sea, but we also see other cetaceans such as striped dolphin or bottlenose dolphin. One of the goals of our organization is to contribute to the conservation of the marine life.

Citation: Giralt, O. 2013. Cetacean sightings along the catalan coast. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/f19386f8.

Published: October 09, 2025 at 14:16

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1030

Oriol Giralt
Associació Cetàcea

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)

9
occurrence records
3
taxa
3
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 9
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 9
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 9
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data