Dolphins validated sightings reported in the Mediterranean Sea from 2019 onwards by avvistAPP users

Sampling event
Version 2.0 published by National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics on Jun 10, 2022 National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

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Description

Validated sightings reported from 2019 onwards by avvistAPP users. 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

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 16 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
16
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
32
Occurrence 
16

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How to cite

Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset.  Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Tirelli V, Goruppi A (2022): Dolphins validated sightings reported in the Mediterranean Sea from 2019 onwards by avvistAPP users. v2.0. National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.13120/3524-gy91

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Samplingevent; citizen science; marine mammals

Contacts

Valentina Tirelli
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Principal Investigator
Researcher
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics - OGS
IT
Alenka Goruppi
  • Publisher
  • Originator
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics - OGS
IT
Marina Lipizer
Menashè Eliezer
  • Metadata Provider
IT
Rodolfo Riccamboni
  • Publisher
DelTa-Delfini e Tartarughe in Golfo di Trieste
IT
Milena Tempesta
  • Publisher
DelTa-Delfini e Tartarughe in Golfo di Trieste
IT

Geographic Coverage

Mediterranean Sea: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1905

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.211, 9.849], North East [45.776, 14.599]

Taxonomic Coverage

Mammals

Species Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2019-09-02 / 2020-09-27

Project Data

Italian description: https://www.inogs.it/it/content/noce-di-mare

Title Noce di Mare
Funding 'Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia' (l.r.n. 14/2018, art. 2 commi 51-55 and n. 26/2020, art. 4 commi 33-34).
Design Description Citizen science using a dedicated app.

The personnel involved in the project:

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:

  1. The reported sightings are validated by researchers.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Tirelli V, Goruppi A, Riccamboni R, Tempesta M. Citizens’ Eyes on Mnemiopsis: How to Multiply Sightings with a Click! Diversity. 2021; 13(6):224. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13060224

Additional Metadata