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Visual contacts from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001
Citation
Fossati, C. and G. Romè. 2014. Visual contacts from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1078) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5835
Contact: Fossati, Claudio ; Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)

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Description
Original provider: Claudio Fossati, University of Pavia Dataset credits: Claudio Fossati and Giulia Romè, CIBRA Center for Bioacoustics, University of Pavia Abstract: CIBRA Center for Bioacoustics, Univ. of Pavia, organizes research cruises in the Med sea since 1994. Visual and acoustic contacts (1994 - 2001) are available on OBIS-SEAMAP, while acoustic recordings are stored in our Sound library and available upon request. Purpose: Data were collected during cetacean research campaigns, acoustic software and hardware development campaigns. more

Supplemental information: Tracks of the cruises are coarse in June and Sept 1994, June 1995. From 1996 on, tracks are finer. Data from acoustic contacts are registered in a separate dataset "Acoustic detections from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001".

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Acoustics, Observation, Occurrence, Sightings, Vessels, MED, Central Mediterranean, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758), Delphinidae Gray, 1821, Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812), Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833), Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

Geographical coverage
MED, Central Mediterranean [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
17 June 1994 - 11 July 2001

Taxonomic coverage
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Delphinidae Gray, 1821 [WoRMS]
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) [WoRMS]
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) [WoRMS]
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) [WoRMS]

Contributors
Università degli Studi di Pavia; Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioacoustics (CIBRA)data creator
Fossati, Claudio
Pavan, Gianni
Romè, Giulia
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)

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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2017-10-18
Information last updated: 2017-10-18
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