IMIS

Cetacean sightings off Turkey 2006-2011

Citation

Bengil, F., Fujioka, E. 2011. Cetacean sightings off Turkey 2006-2011. SAD-DEMAG. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/3134

Access data

Archived data

Also accessible through:

seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/839

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

A contribution to the distribution of cetacean species in Turkish waters. more

Some sporadic observations from Turkish waters are recorded between 2006-2011.

The time was not recorded and replaced with 12:00:00.

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 · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Marine mammals · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · Turkey · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · Cetacea

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 26,1833; MinLat: 36,3178 - MaxLong: 31,8333; MaxLat: 41,5417 [WGS84]

Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Stations [Marine Regions]

Turkish waters
Coordinates: MinLong: 26,18; MinLat: 36,32 - MaxLong: 31,83; MaxLat: 41,54 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

12 June 2006 - 2 January 2011

Taxonomic coverage

Cetacea [WoRMS]

Parameters

Animal sightings
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)

Contributors