Description
Marine mammal survey in TotalEnergies Venus West, Namibia (Orange Basin, Blocks 2912 and 2913B). Survey of all marine mammals seen from a seismic survey vessel conducting a 3D survey. Water depths ranging between 2400 - 3800 m.
Minimum 1 MMO and 1 PAM on watch during all pre-watches and periods with active source, the team are recording wind direction, wind force, sea state, swell height, visibility, sun glare and precipitation each hour or when there is a change in the status of the source.
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 39 records.
1 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.
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.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
TotalEnergies E&P Namibia (2024). 3D seismic survey Namibia Blocks 2912 and 2913B 2023-2024 for Total Energies Namibia. Version 1.2. TotalEnergies. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=3d_seismic_3171_namibia-south_africa_2023&v=1.2
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is TotalEnergies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d6af668f-c79c-493e-b8b3-96e75d32e04e. TotalEnergies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.
Keywords
Samplingevent; TotalEnergies; Blocks 2912 and 2913B; 2023; cetaceans; marine mammals; whales; dolphins; turtles; namibia; offshore; MMO
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
Geographic Coverage
Namibia
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-30.865, 12.003], North East [-28.955, 13.769] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Marine mammals (whales, dolphins and seals), sea turtles.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia, Actinopterygii, Chondrichthyes, Mammalia |
| Order | Testudines, Carcharhiniformes, Tetraodontiformes, Myliobatiformes, Cetacea |
| Family | Molidae, Otariidae, Delphinidae, Cheloniidae, Sphyrnidae, Balaenopteridae, Mobulidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2023-12-08 / 2024-03-31 |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | d6af668f-c79c-493e-b8b3-96e75d32e04e |
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| https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=3d_seismic_3171_namibia-south_africa_2023 |