Marine mammals

Sightings of marine mammals in the Adriatic Sea recorded during the aerial surveys in 2010 and 2013

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Original title
Original abstract
Topic category
  • biological_characteristics
Sub category
Resource language English
Domain area
  • Adriatic Sea
Owner UNEP-MAP-RAC-SPA
Provider ADRIPLAN
Data portal ADRIPLAN
Presentation form Map (map represented in raster or vector form)
Spatial representation Vector - point
Coordinate reference system
    Web services
    • OGC-WMS
    • OGC-WFS
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    Derived datasets
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    Predecessor of
    Temporal extent
    Spatial extent
    Data accessibility Data are freely accessible
    Validation level Official data
    Additional information The source publication "UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA. 2015. Adriatic Sea: Important areas for conservation of cetaceans, sea turtles and giant devil rays. By Holcer, D ; Fortuna, C.M and Mackelworth, P.C. Ed. RAC/SPA, Tunis. 69 pp." allows to be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. The Figure 28 from the publication "UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA. 2015. Adriatic Sea: Important areas for conservation of cetaceans, sea turtles and giant devil rays. By Holcer, D ; Fortuna, C.M and Mackelworth, P.C. Ed. RAC/SPA, Tunis. 69 pp." was georeferenced using the software QGIS 2.14 and the points representing the sightings were digitised. Then a grid 20x20 km2 was recreated and the number of sightings were calculated per each cell and assigned to the field "count", creating as an output a polygonal vector shapefile. This map contains only marine mammals represented in the figure 28 above mentioned, so excluding M. mobular and C. Caretta.
    Metadata completeness Complete
    Notes

    Additional info - MSP - Environment

    Species, habitats, ecosystems, pressures

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    WFD

    Additional info - MSP - Oceanographic and CC

    Physics, biochemistry, EOV, ECV

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    Additional info - MSP - Conservation

    Protected areas, OECM, IBA, EBSA, CCH, IMMA, ...

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    Zonation

    Additional info - MSP - Maritime activities

    Aquaculture, fishing, transport, energy, ...

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    Additional info - MSP - Coastal & Land use and planning

    Land use, land cover, planning (strategic, coordination, operational)

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    Types

    Additional info - MSP - Socio-economic

    Living and non-living resources, shipping, tourism, energy, ...

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    Value types
    Categories

    Additional info - MSP - Ecosystem Services

    Provisioning, regulation & maintenance, cultural

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    Additional info - MSP - Legal, Governance & Planning

    Strategic, legislation, planning, administrative, enforcement

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    Functions
    Who is in charge?

    Additional info - MSP - Relevance

    Relevance of the dataset / resource in supporting the MSP process at different spatial scales and temporal frames

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    Relevance (spatial and temporal)