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University of Algarve and ICNB Cetacean Sightings 1999

Citation

Faustino, C., DiMatteo, A. 1999. University of Algarve and ICNB Cetacean Sightings 1999. University of Algarve. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/3073

Contact: Faustino, Cláudia

Access data

Archived data

Also accessible through:

seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/755

Availability:

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

Description

Cetacean distribution along the Portuguese continental coast.

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 · A, Atlantic · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Cetacea · 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 · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Atlantic Ocean · Cetacea

Geographical coverage

Atlantic Ocean Stations [Marine Regions]

Along the Portuguese continental coast
Coordinates: MinLong: -10,01; MinLat: 36,05 - MaxLong: -6,01; MaxLat: 41,47 [WGS84]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -10,0058; MinLat: 36,0525 - MaxLong: -6,0056; MaxLat: 41,4717 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage

6 March 1999 - 18 December 1999

Taxonomic coverage

Cetacea [WoRMS]

Parameters

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

Contributors