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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
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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, MED, 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]
MED, 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]
Parameter
Animal sightings
Contributors
Dokuz Eylül University; Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, data owner, data provider
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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2013-02-14
Metadatarecord created: 2012-08-01
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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