Dolphins validated sightings reported in the Mediterranean Sea from 2019 onwards by avvistAPP users
Citation
Tirelli V, Goruppi A (2024): Dolphins validated sightings reported by avvistAPP users. v3.4. National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.13120/awym8v https://doi.org/10.13120/3524-gy91
Contact:
Tirelli, Valentina Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
Sampling Methods
avvistAPP is a free citizen science tool that allows everyone to actively contribute to the monitoring of marine animals. Available both in Google and Apple app stores. App description: https://doi.org/10.13120/h127-9v54
Study Extent Mediterranean Sea from 2019 onwards.
Method step description:
The reported sightings are validated by researchers. 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, Citizen science, Environment, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, MED, MED, Tyrrhenian Sea, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, MED, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833), Tursiops truncantus Montagu, 1821 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 0,704; MinLat: 0,0997 - MaxLong: 20,5261; MaxLat: 45,7844 [WGS84] MED, Adriatic Sea [Marine Regions] MED, Tyrrhenian Sea [Marine Regions] Mediterranean Sea [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
2 September 2019 - 31 July 2022 Taxonomic coverage
Parameter
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] Contributors
Related datasets
Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
URLs
Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Citizen science
Release date: 2022-01-26
Metadatarecord created: 2021-12-16
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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