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MONICEPH - Monitoring cephalopods during whale watching activity in the Azores

Citation

Suciu S, Azevedo J M (2025). MONICEPH - Monitoring cephalopods during whale watching activity in the Azores. Universidade dos Açores. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8748

Contact: Suciu, Stéphanie ; N. Azevedo, José Manuel ;

Access data

Archived data

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

MONICEPH project stores and analyses samples of cephalopods collected at the sea surface of the Azores, mostly during touristic activities. Remains of cephalopods are believed to be brought to the surface by cetaceans. The data collected helps increase understanding of oceanic cephalopod ecology and cetacean diets. Started in 2019, the dataset was compiled in collaboration with whale-watching companies on the islands of São Miguel, Faial, Pico and Terceira, and received additional samples from other sources. Project coordination by Stéphanie R.A. Suciu and José M.N. Azevedo.

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 > Invertebrates

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal · Azores · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Cephalopoda · Cetacea · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Regional · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Cephalopoda

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -28,904; MinLat: 28,0986 - MaxLong: -24,3968; MaxLat: 38,8521 [WGS84]

Azores [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

9 June 2019 - 20 September 2024

Taxonomic coverage

Cephalopoda [WoRMS]

Parameter

Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)

Contributors

University of the Azores; Institute of Marine Sciences - OKEANOS, more, data creator