Green Balkans NGO's cetacean strandings on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast

Popov Dimitar

doi:10.15468/49akhx

Green Balkans NGO's cetacean strandings on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast

Citation

Popov, D. and Meshkova, G. 2022. Cetacean strandings along Bulgarian Black Sea coast 2010-2022. Green Balkans NGO Cetacean Monitoring and Conservation Program. https://doi.org/10.15468/49akhx accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

Original provider: Green Balkans NGO Dataset credits: Green Balkans NGO Abstract: Cetaceans' strandings along Bulgarian Black Sea coast compiled and recorded within Green Balkans NGO's Cetacean Monitoring and Conservation Program. Purpose: Data was collected within Green Balkans NGO's Cetacean Monitoring and Conservation Program and aims to monitor species composition and temporal and spatial trends in stranded cetaceans along Bulgarian coast. Supplemental information: [2023-01-17] Data since 2011 were added. Time was not provided and "00:00:00" was used. Species column shows the scientific name at the species level. Actual identification should be at the subspecies level if possible.

Purpose

Data was collected within Green Balkans NGO's Cetacean Monitoring and Conservation Program and aims to monitor species composition and temporal and spatial trends in stranded cetaceans along Bulgarian coast.

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).

Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Delphinus delphis ponticus
common name: Black Sea Common Dolphin rank: subspecies
Delphinus delphis ponticus
common name: Black Sea Common Dolphin rank: subspecies
Phocoena phocoena relicta
common name: Black Sea Harbor Porpoise rank: subspecies
Phocoena phocoena relicta
common name: Black Sea Harbor Porpoise rank: subspecies
Tursiops truncatus ponticus
common name: Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin rank: subspecies
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Black Sea

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Popov Dimitar
originator
position: Primary contact
Green Balkans NGO
email: dpopov@greenbalkans.org

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://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: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

Popov Dimitar
owner
position: Primary contact
Green Balkans NGO
email: dpopov@greenbalkans.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/

Popov Dimitar
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Green Balkans NGO
email: dpopov@greenbalkans.org