Alnitak-Alnilam Cetaceans and sea turtles surveys off Southern Spain

Original provider:
Alnilam

Dataset credits:
Alnitak
Alnilam
Ana Cañadas
Ricardo Sagarminaga
General Directorate for the Conservation of Nature, the Spanish Ministry for the Environment
LIFE-Nature programs, European Commission
Earthwatch Institute
ONR

Abstract:
This dataset, belonging as a whole to Alnitak, comprises the work carried out in the Alboran Sea and adjacent areas from 1990 to 2006, and it includes 3,712 sightings of cetaceans and 306 sightings of sea turtles, during more than 31,000 nmi (more than 57,000 km) on searching effort.