Original provider: Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research Dataset credits: Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research Abstract: Data were collected through a combination of dedicated and opportunistic effort by the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research. Survey coverage includes sound waters adjacent to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Citation: Taylor, J. 2024. Bottlenose dolphins off Outer Banks 2007-2012. Version 1.7.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/625fc531.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 00:29

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_837

Jessica Taylor
OBXCDR

OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

323

occurrence records

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters	323		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	323		100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		323	100.0%
ON_LAND		2	0.6%

Bottlenose dolphins off Outer Banks 2007-2012

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data