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ICES Biodiversity - Cetaceans (JCDP) Citation Joint Cetacean Data Programme (JCDP), 2024. ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://cetaceans.ices.dk . https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8631 Contact: Makri, Maria ; Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) data to understand their abundance and distribution
This portal assembles at-sea effort-related data collected via ship-based or aerial methods, collated under the Joint Cetacean Database Programme (JCDP).
The JCDP aims to streamline the process of accessing and utilising these data by collating the existing and forthcoming cetacean evidence base into a single resource. These data have a wide range of applications and have the potential to support analyses at a range of spatial and temporal scales. more The JCDP database hosted by ICES stomach content database includes data from aerial and ship-based surveys from the Arctic waters, Greater North Sea, Northeast, Celtic seas and Bay of Biscay. Data from 74 distinct surveys are published here - Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Megafauna Ferry surveys~ 2010-2013, SCANS (Small cetaceans in the European Atlantic and North Sea)-94, SCANS-II and SCANS-III- spanning over the years 1994, 2005, 2009-2013 and 2016. The data are organised at an effort level (effort is a specific time interval within a survey, dedicated to the sightings of marine mammals), and sightings of different taxonomic groups are reported as occurrences. 5411 occurrences of marine mammals and a few other species are reported. Lineage Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Mammals Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Biscay Bay, Celtic Seas, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Greater North Sea, PN, Arctic, Cetacea Geographical coverage ANE, Biscay Bay [Marine Regions] Celtic Seas [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -14,2618; MinLat: 41,4906 - MaxLong: 16,514; MaxLat: 68,4387 [WGS84] Greater North Sea [Marine Regions] PN, Arctic [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 1 January 1994 - 31 December 2016 Taxonomic coverage Cetacea [WoRMS] Contributors International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), more, data creator, database developer, data manager Related datasets Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more URLs Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: In Progress Data type: Data Data origin: Monitoring: field survey Release date: 2024-08-13 Metadatarecord created: 2024-08-14 Information last updated: 2025-03-26 | ||||
