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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://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3136
Contact: Popov, Dimitar
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Description

Cetaceans' strandings along Bulgarian Black Sea coast compiled and recorded within Green Balkans NGO's Cetacean Monitoring and Conservation Program.

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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. Original provider: Green Balkans NGO Dataset credits: Green Balkans NGO

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Marine mammals, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Black Sea, Cetacea, Delphinus delphis ponticus Barabasch-Nikiforov, 1935, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758), Phocoena phocoena relicta Abel, 1905, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821), Tursiops truncatus ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov, 1940
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 27,4468; MinLat: 41,983 - MaxLong: 28,6073; MaxLat: 43,7235 [WGS84]
MED, Black Sea Stations [Marine Regions]
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
Coordinates: MinLong: 27,71; MinLat: 42,1 - MaxLong: 28,57; MaxLat: 43,69 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
8 May 2010 - 6 December 2022
Taxonomic coverage
Cetacea [WoRMS]
Delphinus delphis ponticus Barabasch-Nikiforov, 1935 [WoRMS]
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Phocoena phocoena relicta Abel, 1905 [WoRMS]
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) [WoRMS]
Tursiops truncatus ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov, 1940 [WoRMS]
Parameter
Animal sightings
Contributors
Federation of Nature Conservation NGO's Green Balkans, more, data owner, data provider, data creator
Popov, Dimitar
Duke University; Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, more, dataset publisher
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area (Accobams), more, data creator
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), more, data creator
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2012-08-02
Information last updated: 2024-08-08
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