In December 2014 Gaia Research Institute Onlus started a systematic survey of mega-fauna in the Adriatic and Ionian Sea Region, employing ferry as a platform of observation, along the Ancona - Patra (ANPA) lane. Monitoring activity is part of the Fixed Line Transect Mediterranean Monitoring Network (FLT Med Net), led by ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research).

Citation: Azzolin, M; - Gaia Research Institute Onlus, Italy (2020): Adriatic and Ionian Sea mega-fauna monitoring employing ferry as platform of observation along the Ancona-Igoumenitsa-Patras lane, from December 2014 to December 2018

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:30

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=ionian_2008_2018

Marta Azzolin
University of Turin; Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Sébastien Saintignan
Gaia Research Institute Onlus

454

occurrence records

1,075

measurements and facts

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters	454		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	454		100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		454	100.0%
ON_LAND		3	0.7%

Adriatic and Ionian Sea mega-fauna monitoring employing ferry as platform of observation along the Ancona-Igoumenitsa-Patras lane, from December 2014 to December 2018

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data