Document of dataset 5827

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
Observatoire Pelagis - Reseau National Echouage (French stranding network) strandings 1934-2020
Description in English

Purpose: With over 23,000 entries, the stranding data base documented since 1970 by the French stranding network provides one of the largest dataset on cetaceans in Europe. Stranding data would rank high in cost-effectiveness compared to most other sources of data on cetaceans because they are do not require to any expensive field work at sea. As a result of their comparatively low cost per unit effort, stranding data can be collected across wide spatial and temporal ranges and at fine resolution. For scientific purposes, the term “stranding” is commonly used for either live or dead specimen. Supplemental information: [2022-01-18] Data in 2020 were appended. [2018-04-26] Records in 2016 were appended. [2017-01-05] Records in 2015 were appended. Time and group size of the sightings are not available online. They may be released upon request. Original provider: Observatoire PELAGIS - Reseau National Echouage (French stranding network) - UAR 3462 University La Rochelle - CNRS Dataset credits: Observatoire PELAGIS UAR 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS- Agence des Aires Marines Protégées - Direction de l'Eau et de la Biodiversité

Abstract in English

The French stranding network is co-ordinated by the Joint Service Unit PELAGIS, UAR 3462, University of La Rochelle-CNRS, dedicated to monitoring marine mammal and seabird populations, as a continuous monitoring programme. The network is constituted of around 300 trained volunteers distributed along the whole French coast who collect data according to a standardized observation and dissection protocol. The network was established in the early 1970’s and its organisation and procedures are considered unchanged since the mid 1980’s. Data are centralized into a single database held in La Rochelle.

License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Dabin, W. 2022. Observatoire Pelagis - Reseau National Echouage (French stranding network) strandings 1934-2020. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1406) on yyyy-mm-dd.

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1934-04-17
End date
2020-12-31

Geographical coverage

Spatial
World Oceans

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Groundings
Whales

Themes

theme
Biology > Mammals

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Arctocephalus forsteri
Arctocephalus tropicalis
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Balaenoptera borealis
Balaenoptera edeni
Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera physalus
Berardius arnuxii
Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Cetacea
Cystophora cristata
Delphinapterus leucas
Delphinus delphis
Dugong dugon
Erignathus barbatus
Eubalaena australis
Feresa attenuata
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Globicephala melas
Grampus griseus
Halichoerus grypus
Hydrurga leptonyx
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Hyperoodon planifrons
Indopacetus pacificus
Kogia sima
Lagenodelphis hosei
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Leptonychotes weddellii
Megaptera novaeangliae
Mesoplodon bidens
Mesoplodon densirostris
Mesoplodon europaeus
Mesoplodon layardii
Mirounga leonina
Odobenus rosmarus
Orcinus orca
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777)
Peponocephala electra
Phoca vitulina
Phocoena phocoena
Physeter macrocephalus
Pseudorca crassidens
Pusa hispida
Sotalia fluviatilis
Sotalia guianensis
Stenella attenuata
Stenella clymene
Stenella coeruleoalba
Stenella frontalis
Stenella longirostris
Steno bredanensis
Trichechus manatus
Tursiops aduncus
Tursiops truncatus
Ziphius cavirostris

Ownerships

creator
Willy Dabin
creator
Observatoire Pelagis (UMS 3462)
contactPoint
Willy Dabin
contactPoint
Observatoire Pelagis (UMS 3462)
creator
Hélène Peltier
creator
Observatoire Pelagis (UMS 3462)
contributor
Willy Dabin
contributor
Observatoire Pelagis (UMS 3462)
contributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab

Dataset references

record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
EMODNET

Document metadata

date created
2017-10-02
date modified
2024-08-08