EU-UNDP Project - Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Selected Measures (EMBLAS-Plus). Cetaceans (Photo-ID)

Original provider: Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Dataset credits: Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea Abstract: This dataset is based on the results of research activities on cetacean monitoring conducted in 2019 by Ukrainian researchers in the framework of EMBLAS-Plus project funded by the EU-UNDP. 2300 photographs of medium, good and excellent quality were selected for the photo-ID process. In total, 60 sightings of all the cetacean species were recorded during the photo-identification surveys and the ship-based line-transect survey, including common dolphins, 19; bottlenose dolphins, 19; harbour porpoises, 22.