Description
Original provider: Kiril Valchev Dataset credits: Kiril Valchev Abstract: The present database is intended to serve as a catalogue for photo-identification of bottlenose dolphins in the Bulgarian Black Sea area. It is part of a larger study of cetaceans in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Bulgaria and in NATURA 2000 protected areas where the species is subject to conservation. Purpose: Аims to provide information on population structure, seasonal migrations and distribution patterns of bottlenose dolphins in the Bulgarian waters of the Black sea. Supplemental information: It is intended to be updated periodically.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Valchev, K. 2023. PONTUS-BIOFAC Black sea bottlenose dolphin sightings. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2277) on yyyy-mm-dd.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS-SEAMAP. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 9a834bb6-4a5c-4b29-b9a9-958d479cd70d. OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel; Observation; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2277 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2277/xml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
Geographic Coverage
Black Sea
Bounding Coordinates | South West [42.104, 28.377], North East [42.104, 28.377] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Subspecies | Tursiops truncatus ponticus (Black sea bottlenose dolphin) |
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date | 2023-07-16 |
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Project Data
No Description available
Title | PONTUS-BIOFAC Black sea bottlenose dolphin sightings |
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Funding | NA |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Owner
Sampling Methods
NA
Study Extent | NA |
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Method step description:
- NA
Collection Data
Collection Name | zd_2277 |
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Collection Identifier | zd_2277 |
Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
Purpose | Аims to provide information on population structure, seasonal migrations and distribution patterns of bottlenose dolphins in the Bulgarian waters of the Black sea. |
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Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2277 |