Strandings of Oceania Database

Occurrence
Latest version published by Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node on Apr 6, 2025 Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 76 records in English (17 KB) - Update frequency: not planned
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Description

The Strandings of Oceania database is a collaborative project between SPREP, WildMe and the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium to record stranding and beachcast data for whales, dolphins and dugongs throughout the Pacific.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence 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 76 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 02d18c51-b04a-422d-aa2f-7ab81b7033b7.  Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

Strandings of Oceania Database https://solomonislands-data.sprep.org/dataset/strandings-oceania-database UTF-8 Microsoft Excel

Contacts

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Karen Baird
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
NZ

Geographic Coverage

Pacific Region

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Marine mammals

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers 02d18c51-b04a-422d-aa2f-7ab81b7033b7
https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=sprep_soundings