OceanCare cetacean sightings in Sicily, Italy 2016-2019
Citation
Frey, S. 2019. OceanCare cetacean sightings in Sicily, Italy 2016-2019. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2038) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/4ddqr8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
Original provider: OceanCare Dataset credits: Silvia Frey, OceanCare Abstract: This dataset comprises the work carried out by OceanCare in the waters east and north of Sicily, Italy between 2016-2019. The project was dedicated to survey cetacean populations in these waters. Cetacean spatial and temporal distribution is studied using boat-based surveys. Purpose: OceanCare is a non-profit and non-governmental organization founded in 1989 in Switzerland. The organization is dedicated to the protection of marine mammals and the conservation of the marine environment. The association works at national and international level in the areas of whaling, industrial fishing, environmental changes, seal hunting, dolphin captivity, and cetacean research. OceanCare has the Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a partner of the UNEP/CMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS). With this cetacean monitoring project OceanCare provides long-term data on cetacean abundance in the Mediterranean Sea.Purpose
OceanCare is a non-profit and non-governmental organization founded in 1989 in Switzerland. The organization is dedicated to the protection of marine mammals and the conservation of the marine environment. The association works at national and international level in the areas of whaling, industrial fishing, environmental changes, seal hunting, dolphin captivity, and cetacean research. OceanCare has the Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a partner of the UNEP/CMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS). With this cetacean monitoring project OceanCare provides long-term data on cetacean abundance in the Mediterranean Sea.Sampling Description
Study Extent
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Balaenoptera physaluscommon name: Fin Whale rank: species
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Globicephala melascommon name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
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Physeter macrocephaluscommon name: Sperm Whale rank: species
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Stenella coeruleoalbacommon name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
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Steno bredanensiscommon name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
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Tursiops truncatuscommon name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
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Ziphius cavirostriscommon name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Sicily,Italy
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Silvia Freyoriginator
position: Primary contact
KYMA sea conservation & research
email: silvia@kyma-sea.org
homepage: http://www.kyma-sea.org
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
Silvia Frey
owner
position: Primary contact
KYMA sea conservation & research
email: silvia@kyma-sea.org
homepage: http://www.kyma-sea.org
ACCOBAMS and WDCS
originator
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)
homepage: http://www.accobams.org/
Silvia Frey
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
KYMA sea conservation & research
email: silvia@kyma-sea.org
homepage: http://www.kyma-sea.org