Project OPKK Monitoring - Group 20: Cetaceans and sea turtles observations gathered to assess conservation status

Dataset type

This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.

Description

Within the framework of the OPKK project "Development of the System for Monitoring the Status of Species and Habitat Types" - GROUP 20: "Creation and development of monitoring programs for cetaceans and sea turtles, with capacity building for stakeholders in the monitoring and reporting System", existing data on the abundance and distribution of cetaceans and sea turtles were gathered. This dataset includes observations of various species of cetaceans and sea turtles over the period 1920-2022.

Geographic Description

The area of the Adriatic Sea under Croatian jurisdiction

Data quality

dataset consists of observations verified by experts and unverified observations

Methods

Records are results of various projects (scientific research, citizen science, etc.). Data are gathered through the OPKK Monitoring project commissioned by Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, a Croatian GBIF node. Records were structured in the table form and interpreted and entered in the appropriate table format and mapped to DarwinCore.

Type of content

Includes: Point occurrence data.

Citation

MEPGT-IEN (2024). Project OPKK Monitoring - Group 20: Cetaceans and sea turtles observations gathered to assess conservation status. Version 1.1. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt-bioatlas.bioportal.hr/resource?r=g20_cetaceans_sea_turtles&v=1.1

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

Digitised records

Metadata last updated on 2024-12-13 17:31:43.0