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Dataset Title:	JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database
Institution:	JNCC (Dataset ID: zd_427)
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Variable

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Constraint #2

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or a List of Values

Maximum

ScientificName (http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/)

BasisOfRecord (None)

InstitutionCode (None)

"OBIS-SEAMAP"

YearCollected (None)

MonthCollected (None)

DayCollected (None)

time (UTC)

1979-06-29T17:50:00Z

2000-09-24T18:00:00Z

TimeOfDay (None)

0.1666

23.0

MinimumDepth (None)

0.0

MaximumDepth (None)

0.0

ObservedIndividualCount (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualCount)

0.0

8000.0

Notes (None)

"Visual; boat"

longitude (degrees_east)

-28.84

14.9

latitude (degrees_north)

38.62

76.9

aphia_id (http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  ScientificName {
    String long_name "ScientificName";
    String units "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
  }
  BasisOfRecord {
    String long_name "BasisOfRecord";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  InstitutionCode {
    String long_name "InstitutionCode";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  YearCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1979.0, 2000.0;
    String long_name "YearCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MonthCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 12.0;
    String long_name "MonthCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  DayCollected {
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 31.0;
    String long_name "DayCollected";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 2.995266e+8, 9.698184e+8;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  TimeOfDay {
    Float32 actual_range 0.1666, 23.0;
    String long_name "TimeOfDay";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MinimumDepth {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 0.0;
    String long_name "MinimumDepth";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  MaximumDepth {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 0.0;
    String long_name "MaximumDepth";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  ObservedIndividualCount {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 8000.0;
    String long_name "ObservedIndividualCount";
    String units "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualCount";
    String units_uri "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualCount";
  }
  Notes {
    String long_name "Notes";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -28.84, 14.9;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    String units_uri "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 38.62, 76.9;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    String units_uri "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude";
  }
  aphia_id {
    Float32 actual_range 1836.0, 10190.0;
    String long_name "aphia_id";
    String units "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String AccConstrDescription "This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms";
    String AccConstrDisplay "This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.";
    String AccConstrEN "Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)";
    String AccessConstraint "Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)";
    String AccessConstraints "None";
    String Acronym "None";
    String BrackishFlag "1";
    String CDate "2009-06-09";
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String CheckedFlag "1";
    String Citation "Joint Nature Conservation Committee Seabirds at Sea Team. JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database. In: OBIS-SEAMAP. OBIS-SEAMAP http://seamap.env.duke.edu/, vector digital data.";
    String Comments "None";
    String ContactEmail "None";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "Dunn";
    String CurrencyDate "None";
    String DasID "1972";
    String DasOrigin "Data collection";
    String DasType "Data";
    String DasTypeID "1";
    String DescrCompFlag "0";
    String DescrTransFlag "0";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 14.9;
    String EmbargoDate "None";
    String EngAbstract 
"Information on dataset available at 
seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/427";
    String EngDescr 
"The European Seabirds at Sea Database (ESAS) was established in 1991 as a collaboration between individuals and institutes who had collected data on the distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in north-west European offshore areas. The most recent version of this database contains over two million records which were collected over 25 years. 

The founding aim of this project was to merge data from different collaborators and use these to publish an atlas depicting vulnerable concentrations of seabirds to oil pollution. Subsequently, these data have been used for a wide variety of research purposes. The collaboration has also developed and defined common standards in data capture, processing and storage.";
    String FreshFlag "1";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 76.9;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 38.62;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 14.9;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -28.84;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-03-09T23:35:39Z (local files)
2025-03-09T23:35:39Z http://erddap.eurobis.org/erddap/tabledap/zd_427.html";
    String infoUrl "None";
    String InputNotes "None";
    String institution "JNCC";
    String keywords "aphia_id, BasisOfRecord, DayCollected, InstitutionCode, latitude, longitude, MaximumDepth, MinimumDepth, MonthCollected, Notes, ObservedIndividualCount, ScientificName, time, TimeOfDay, YearCollected";
    String License "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0";
    String license 
"The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String Lineage "None";
    String MarineFlag "1";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 76.9;
    String OrigAbstract "None";
    String OrigDescr "None";
    String OrigDescrLang "English";
    String OrigDescrLangNL "Engels";
    String OrigLangCode "en";
    String OrigTitle "None";
    String OrigTitleLang "None";
    String OrigTitleLangCode "None";
    String OrigTitleLangNL "None";
    String Progress "In Progress";
    String PublicFlag "1";
    String ReleaseDate "None";
    String ReleaseDate0 "None";
    String RevisionDate "None";
    String SizeReference "1 122 883 distribution records";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 38.62;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String StandardTitle "JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database";
    String subsetVariables "ScientificName,BasisOfRecord,YearCollected,MonthCollected,DayCollected,aphia_id";
    String summary 
"Information on dataset available at 
seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/427";
    String TerrestrialFlag "1";
    String time_coverage_end "2000-09-24T18:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1979-06-29T17:50:00Z";
    String title "JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database";
    String UDate "2017-11-08";
    String VersionDate "None";
    String VersionDay "None";
    String VersionMonth "5";
    String VersionName "1";
    String VersionYear "2009";
    String VlizCoreFlag "1";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -28.84;
  }
}

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