Description
Original provider: DMAD-Deniz Memelileri Araştırma Derneği Dataset credits: Aylin Akkaya, Deniz Memelileri Araştırma Derneği Abstract: The data is collected during the dedicated survey effort of DMAD, covering the Eastern Mediterranean Sea of Türkiye.
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 123 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:
Akkaya, A. 2025. Cetacea sightings 2021-2023 in Eastern Mediterranean Sea of Türkiye. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/b2239c4a.
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 Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 39b0a2a8-7ec2-41d3-914d-c760046b5d16. OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation; Marine Biology; Visual sighting; Marine Animal Survey; Marine mammals; Visual Sighting; Vessel; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2325 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2325/fgdc UTF-8 XML |
| EML Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2325/eml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Owner ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Primary contact
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
- A328 LSRC building
Geographic Coverage
Oceans,Mediterranean
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [35.365, 28.666], North East [36.841, 36.044] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Family | Delphinidae (Dolphins) |
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| Species | Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked common dolphin), Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm whale), Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped dolphin), Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin), Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2021-02-28 / 2023-07-13 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Cetacea sightings 2021-2023 in Eastern Mediterranean Sea of Türkiye |
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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_2325 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_2325 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS. Two records were deleted as they did not have coordinates.
| Purpose | The continous visual and acoustic data collection aim to provide scientific data for the species protection |
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://doi.org/10.82144/b2239c4a |
| https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2325 | |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2325 |