Dataset record
- Type
- Dataset
- title in English
- Cetacean sightings in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait
- Acronym
- CetSiBS
- Description in English
- Most the data were obtained by means of special cetacean line transect aerial and vessel-based surveys conducted by trained observers. Some data were colllected during cetacean photo-identification studies. The dataset is accompanied with the estimated values of cetacean density and abundance.
For the most recent 5 years of data collection, only presence data are made available, for data older than 5 years, abundance data is made available.
- Abstract in English
- Over 645 sightings of cetacean groups (of one and more individuals) have been recorded in the Black Sea, Azov Sea and Kerch Strait during the period from 1993 to 2010 inclusive.
- License
- https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
- bibliographicCitation
- Cetacean sightings in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait (CetSiBS). 2011. Dataset assembled by A.Birkun, Jr. and S.Krivokhizhin. EMODNet.
- Version
- 1
- Release
date
- Apr 26 2011 12:00AM
Temporal coverage
- Temporal
-
- Start date
- 1993-08-15
- End date
- 2010-09-21
Thesaurus terms
- Keyword
- Bio-geographical regions
- Biota
- Environment
- Geoscientific Information
- Habitats and biotopes
- Marine mammals
- Metadata non conformant
- Metadata not evaluated
- No limitations to public access
- Oceans
- Sea regions
- surface vessel
- WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
- XYZ ASCII
Themes
- theme
- Biology > Mammals