CBES Marine mammal stranding data in Vietnam 2004-now

Long Vu1, Long Vu2

1 CBES, 176 Street 13, Lake View City Residence, An Phu ward, 70000, Thu Duc City, Viet Nam; 2 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), Long Vu (longvu@cbes.vn)

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Resource Citation

Vu L (2022): CBES Marine mammal stranding data in Vietnam 2004-now. v1.2. Center for Biodiversity conservation and Endangered Species (CBES). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=cbes_stranding&v=1.2

Abstract

This dataset included all cetacean stranding cases reported in media in Vietnam. The data were mobilised by CBES and Vietnam Marine Megafauna Network

Keywords: Occurrence

Project details

Project title: BIFA5_027 Cetacean Stranding data
Personnel: Long Vu
Funding: GBIF BIFA data mobilisation fund
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The whole coast of Vietnam

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

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Cetacean stranding data along the Vietnamese coast. Collected from data mining
Coordinates: 7°53'6''N and 23°33'50.4''N Latitude; 103°0'28.8''E and 110°2'20.4''E Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: Step 1: different search terms that represent the cetacean and stranding phenomenon were constructed in the Vietnamese language
Step 2: all search terms were input into Google and three major social media platforms in Vietnam (Facebook, Youtube and Zalo).
Step 3: all returned results were examined and verified
Step 4: unique and confirmed cases of cetacean stranding were documented
Step 5: data from each cases were extracted from original media
Study extent description: All cetacean stranding cases reported in media (newspapers, online news, social media such as Facebook and Youtube) in Vietnam were documented.
Sampling description: The data mining process was conducted manually using Google search and in-website search tools, using different search terms that represent the cetacean and stranding phenomenon. Searchings were conducted in Vietnamese.
Quality control description: Searching was performed 02 times to minimise missing information. Each case was manually examined and compared with previously recorded cases to minimise duplicates.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive CBES Marine mammal stranding data in Vietnam 2004-now
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.taibif.tw/archive.do?r=cbes_stranding
Publication date of data: 2022-12-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-02-23
Hierarchy level: Dataset