Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2014) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas

Karina Vishnyakova1, Karina Vishnyakova2, Pavel Gol'din3, Oleksandr Neprokin1

1 Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea, 89, Frantsuzskyi Blv., 65009, Odesa, Ukraine; 2 Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea, 89 Frantsuzsky Blvd., 65009, Odesa, Ukraine; 3 I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 15 B. Khmelnytskogo Street, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine

Corresponding author(s): Karina Vishnyakova (karinavishnyakova@gmail.com), Karina Vishnyakova (karinavishnyakova@gmail.com), Pavel Gol'din (pavelgoldin412@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Vishnyakova K, Gol'din P (2016): Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2013) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas. v1.3. Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES). Dataset/Occurrence. http://gp.sea.gov.ua:8082/ipt/resource?r=cetacean_strandings_data_bs_as&amp;v=1.3

Abstract

This dataset contains data on cetacean strandings collected from 1999 to 2014 on the coastal areas of the Black sea and the Sea of Azov. Observations were conducted by  Pavel Gol'din and Karina Vishnyakova, with the help provided by D. Markov, E. Gladilina, E. Gol'din, V. Sokhin, E. Kushnir, V. Serbin, Yu. Lyashenko, L. Godlevska, A. Nadolny, M. Kovalyova, O. Savenko, N. Kukharev and other colleagues and volunteers who took part in the field excursions and provided information on strandings.

Keywords: Occurrence, Black Sea, The Sea of Azov, cetaceans, Phocoena, Delphinus, Tursiops, Observation, strandings

General description

Additional information: marine, harvested by iOBIS

Project details

Project title: The harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Sea of Azov and the north-eastern Black Sea: population morphology and demography.
Personnel: Karina Vishnyakova, Pavel Gol'din
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The project was focused on the southern coast of the Sea of Azov and north-eastern coast of the Black sea, with adding some data from adjoining areas.

Data published through GBIF: http://gp.sea.gov.ua:8082/ipt/resource?r=cetacean_strandings_data_bs_as

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Three cetacean species inhabiting the region have been recorded.
Taxonomic ranks
Subspecies: Phocoena phocoena relicta, Tursiops truncatus ponticus, Delphinus delphis ponticus
Common names: Harbour porpoise, Bottlenose dolphin, Common dolphin

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Observation were conducted on the coastal areas of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in Ukraine and adjoining areas of Russia (Taman Peninsula).
Coordinates: 44°14'42''N and 46°56'24''N Latitude; 29°23'60''E and 38°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 1 мая 1999 г. - 31 декабря 2014 г.

Methods

Method step description: All the findings were recorded following a standard protocol which included geographical coordinates, all the biological characteristics, and, since 2005, photographs of a carcass identifying its species and environmental conditions.
Study extent description: The project was focused on the southern coast of the Sea of Azov and north-eastern coast of the Black sea, with adding some data from adjoining areas.
Sampling description: The data for this study were obtained in the course of routine regular monitoring surveys of the 35-km-long coastal area on the southern side of the Sea of Azov and
the Kerch Strait west to the Fonar Cape during 15 years, in 1999–2014 (except 2004), a 15-km-long coastal area between Novofedorovka and Nikolaevka on the northern Black Sea coast in Crimea, and irregular findings on other coastal areas. All skeletal remains and incomplete carcasses, as well as carcasses at various stages of decomposition, were recorded. Age, sex and status of sexual maturity were identified.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2014) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://gp.sea.gov.ua:8082/ipt/archive.do?r=cetacean_strandings_data_bs_as
Publication date of data: 2017-10-17
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-09-06
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Vishnyakova, K., Gol’din, P. 2015. Seasonality of strandings and bycatch of harbour porpoises in the Sea of Azov: the effects of fisheries, weather conditions and life history. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(3): 981–991.
Vishnyakova, K., Gol’din, P. 2015. Seasonality of strandings and bycatch of harbour porpoises in the Sea of Azov: the effects of fisheries, weather conditions and life history. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(3): 981–991.

Vishnyakova, K., Gol’din, P. 2015. Cetacean stranding rate correlates with fish stock dynamics: Research of harbour porpoises in the Sea of Azov. Marine Biology 162:359–366.
Gol’din, P. E., Vishnyakova, K. A., Gladilina, E. V. 2013. Taphonomy of stranded small cetaceans: general aspects and impact of the coast Scientific Notes of Taurida V.I. Vernadsky National University. Series Biology, chemistry. 26 (65), 3. – P. 45–53
Gol’din, P. E. 2008. Findings of cetaceans at the coast of Crimea in 1999-2003. In: Findings of Animals Listed in The Red Data Book of Ukraine. – Kiev. – P. 54–61. (In Ukrainian).