OceanCare cetacean sightings in Sicily, Italy 2016-2019

Silvia Frey

doi:10.15468/4ddqr8

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 2023-05-28.

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

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Balaenoptera physalus
common name: Fin Whale rank: species
Globicephala melas
common name: Long-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Steno bredanensis
common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
Ziphius cavirostris
common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Sicily,Italy

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Silvia Frey
originator
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