CBES marine mammals encounters through citizen science apps (2022)

Long Vu1

1 Center for Biodiversity conservation and Endangered Species (CBES), 176 Street 13, Lake View City Residence, An Phu ward, 70000, Thu Duc City, Viet Nam

Corresponding author(s): Long Vu (longvu@cbes.vn)

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Resource Citation

Vu L (2023): CBES marine mammals encounters through citizen science apps (2022). v1.2. Center for Biodiversity conservation and Endangered Species (CBES). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=cbes_marine_mammals_encounters_through_citizen_science_app&v=1.2

Abstract

This dataset contains the records of marine mammal encounters made by local fishermen, tourists, ship crews and staff of marine protected areas in Vietnam.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation

Project details

Project title: BIFA5_027 Marine mammal data
Personnel: Long Vu
Funding: BIFA GBIF
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Reported encounters were inside Vietnam EEZ only
Design description: Data were collected through iNaturalist and Google AppSheet.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=cbes_marine_mammals_encounters_through_citizen_science_app

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Records include marine mammals in Vietnam, mainly cetacean and dugong
Taxonomic ranks
Superorder: Cetacea
Family: Dugongidae
Common names: Cetacean, Dugong

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Records were made inside Vietnam's EEZ.
Coordinates: 6°24'10.8''N and 24°2'45.6''N Latitude; 103°0'28.8''E and 109°57'3.6''E Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: Data from iNautralist was searched and extracted through iNaturalist website using provided search tool on this webpage.
Data from Google Appsheet: Custom Google Appsheet forms (in Vietnamese) were developed and distributed to 20 marine protected areas staff via an offline workshop in Phu Quoc. Those staff used those forms to record marine mammal encounters in the respected areas. Data (coordinates, date and time, photographs) were automatically synchronized to a Google Sheet file. CBES staff and collaborators verified each record and contacted the reporters whenever necessary.
Study extent description: Reported encounters were inside Vietnam EEZ only
Sampling description: Marine mammal encounters were collected through iNaturalist and Google Appsheet platforms.
Quality control description: CBES staff and collaborators verified each record.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive CBES marine mammals encounters through citizen science apps (2022)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.taibif.tw/archive.do?r=cbes_marine_mammals_encounters_through_citizen_science_app
Publication date of data: 2023-05-29
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-12-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset