Red Sea Cetacean Review - Strandings
Citation
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Kerem D., Smeenk C., Rudolph P., Cesario A., Costa M., Elasar M., Feingold D., Fumagalli M., Goffman O., Hadar N., Mebrathu Y.T., Scheinin A. 2017. Cetaceans of the Red Sea. CMS Technical Series 33. 86p. https://doi.org/10.15468/9e65uj accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-25.Description
Original provider: Tethys Research Institute Dataset credits: Marina Costa & Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute Sighting records were collected from the data owners: Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu Israel Marine Mammal Research & Assistance Center - IMMRAC Mia Elasar, Daphna Feingold, Oz Goffman, Nir Hadar, Dan Kerem, Aviad Scheinin Red Sea Dolphin Project - HEPCA Abstract: This dataset includes information about stranding occurred along: 1. the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea and collected by the MEGABase program within the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA), http://www.hepca.org/ 2. the Eritrean coast by Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu 3. The Israeli coast of the Red Sea by IMMRAC Purpose: Gather cetacean stranding information occurred along the Red Sea and Supplemental information: Stranding records were collected from the data owners: Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu IMMRAC Red Sea Dolphin Project - HEPCA Temporal resolution varies per record. Time values are not available. "tprecision" column is added to indicate the resolution.Purpose
Gather cetacean stranding information occurred along the Red Sea andSampling Description
Study Extent
NASampling
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Balaenoptera edenicommon name: Eden's whale rank: species
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Balaenopteracommon name: baleen whales rank: genus
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Delphinus capensis tropicaliscommon name: Indo-Pacific common dolphin rank: subspecies
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Grampus griseuscommon name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
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Kogia simacommon name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
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Sousa chinensiscommon name: Chinese white dolphin rank: species
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Stenella attenuatacommon name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
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Stenella longirostriscommon name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
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Stenellacommon name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
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Steno bredanensiscommon name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
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Tursiops aduncuscommon name: Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin rank: species
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Tursiopscommon name: bottlenose dolphins rank: genus
Geographic Coverages
Red Sea
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Marina Costaoriginator
position: Primary contact
Tethys Research Institute
email: marinza.costa@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.tethys.org
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
originator
position: Secondary contact
Tethys Research Institute
email: tethys@tethys.org
homepage: http://www.tethys.org
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
Marina Costa
owner
position: Primary contact
Tethys Research Institute
email: marinza.costa@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.tethys.org
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
originator
position: Secondary contact
Tethys Research Institute
email: tethys@tethys.org
homepage: http://www.tethys.org
Marina Costa
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Tethys Research Institute
email: marinza.costa@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.tethys.org