Dataset

Visual contacts from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001

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Original provider: Claudio Fossati, University of Pavia Dataset credits: Claudio Fossati and Giulia Romè, CIBRA Center for Bioacoustics, University of Pavia Abstract: CIBRA Center for Bioacoustics, Univ. of Pavia, organizes research cruises in the Med sea since 1994. Visual and acoustic contacts (1994 - 2001) are available on OBIS-SEAMAP, while acoustic recordings are stored in our Sound library and available upon request.

Citation: Fossati, C., G. Romè and G. Pavan. 2016. Visual contacts from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/86aaf0c5.

Published: October 09, 2025 at 13:40

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1078

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)

90
occurrence records
6
taxa
5
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 90
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 90
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 90
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 90
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data