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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, 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, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, MED, Turkey, Cetacea
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 26,1833; MinLat: 36,3178 - MaxLong: 31,8333; MaxLat: 41,5417 [WGS84]
MED, Turkey 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
Related datasets
Published in:
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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