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Code: ESAS
Description: Biodiversity - European Seabirds At Sea
Long Description:
CodeType: Datasets - Datasets
Deprecated: False
Created Date: 2021-06-24
Modified Date: 2024-10-28
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CodeTypeDescription
Association Associations between the observed birds/cetaceans and vessels/structures/floating matter.
BD_CountMethod Count method in biodiversity projects related to sea birds and marine mammals
Beaufort Beaufort wind force scale
Behaviour Marine animals' behaviour, mainly relative to sea birds and cetaceans
Boolean Boolean data type
CloudCover Cloud coverage expressed in octas or in percentage brackets
Data_access Data access status
DataFlow Dataflows managed by ICES
Datasets Datasets
DatasetVer The code combines the dataset code and the version code
DTYPE Data Types
Ecoregion ICES Ecoregions
EDMO European Directory of Marine Organisations (EDMO)
Glare Glare that could be affecting the observation quality
ISO_3166 ISO 3166 country codes and region codes used by ICES
LifeStage Life stage based on plumage (birds)
Moult Primary moult information, only used for fulmar, auks, divers and seaducks
Platform Class Platform Class - BODC/SeaDatanet L06 list
PlatformSide Side and optionally seat of platform used by observer(s) for counting
Plumage Plumage types in birds
Precipitation Type of precipitation observed during sampling
PreyType Observed prey type caught or carried by the bird/cetacean
RLIST Species reference lists
SEXCO Sex Codes (Environment)
SHIPC SeaDataNet Ship and Platform Codes
Sightability Subjective impression of the environmental or observation conditions for spotting marine animals (eg birds or cetaceans)
SpecWoRMS Selection of WoRMS AphiaID species references
TargetTaxa Taxonomic group(s) targeted by the survey
Theme Dataset thematic coverage for data hosted by ICES
TravelDirection Direction in which the bird/cetacean is travelling
UseOfBinoculars Extent to which binoculars were used during sampling
Version Version of dataset
Visibility Visibility (in km or as a range code)
(Click on a CodeType to view the related Codes in the table below.)

Association [43]
CodeDescriptionRelation
10 Associated with fish shoal Related
100 Associated with set net Related
101 Associated with fish trap Related
102 On sandbank Related
103 Next to sandbank Related
11 Associated with cetaceans Related
110 Inside wind farm Related
111 Inside wind farm, associated with floating litter Related
112 Inside wind farm, associated with observation base Related
113 Inside wind farm, associated with floating wood Related
114 Inside wind farm, associated with floating sea weed Related
115 Inside wind farm, associated with platform Related
116 Sitting on wind turbine (foundation) Related
117 Flying or swimming near wind turbine (foundation) Related
12 Associated with front Related
13 Associated with line in sea Related
14 Sitting on or near floating wood Related
15 Associated with floating litter Related
16 Associated with oil slick Related
17 Associated with floating seaweed Related
18 Associated with observation base Related
19 Sitting on observation base Related
20 Deliberately approaching observ. base Related
200 Flying between (turbine) foundations Related
21 Associated with other vessel Related
22 Associated with or on buoy Related
23 Associated with offshore platform Related
24 Sitting on offshore platform Related
25 Sitting on marking pole or stick Related
26 Associated with fishing vessel Related
27 Associated with fishing vessel Related
28 Associated with land (e.g. colony) Related
29 Associated with shallows or sand banks Related
50 Multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant, no further details Related
51 Multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant, joined by others Related
52 Multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant, joining flock Related
53 Multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant, scrounger type Related
54 Multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant, solitary diver Related
55 Multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant, beater Related
56 Multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant, social feeder Related
57 Type II multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant Related
58 Type III multi-species feeding association (MSFA) participant Related
59 Drive hunt MSFA participant Related
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