Dataset

Western Australia Seabirds Breeding Islands

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The Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) Seabird Island Database includes all available literature records since the publication of The Handbook of Australian Seabirds (Serventy et al. 1971) (plus selected references prior to that date), data from our own and colleagues' field note books, data from the Birds Australia Nest Records Scheme (up to 1985) and information provided by scientists and naturalists via a Seabird Breeding Islands Database Form. The Database is designed to be used by conservation managers, scientists and naturalists and depends on the contributions of interested people.

Citation: (2023): Western Australia Seabirds Breeding Islands. v1.0. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=dbca_seabird_breeding_islands&v=1.0

Published: July 04, 2023 at 04:09

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

DBCA Data manager
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

2,740
occurrence records
30
taxa
30
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
scientificNameID 94
3.4%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 1,803
65.8%
NO_MATCH 94
3.4%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 46
1.7%

Measurement types

DNA derived data