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Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science
BACKGROUND: In the French West Indies, more than 20 species of cetaceans have been observed over the last decades. The recognition of this hotspot of biodiversity of marine mammals, observed in the French Exclusive Economic Zone of the West Indies, motivated the French government to create in 2010 a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8322044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34393586 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69022 |
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author | Coché, Lorraine Arnaud, Elie Bouveret, Laurent David, Romain Foulquier, Eric Gandilhon, Nadège Jeannesson, Etienne Le Bras, Yvan Lerigoleur, Emilie Lopez, Pascal Jean Madon, Bénédicte Sananikone, Julien Sèbe, Maxime Le Berre, Iwan Jung, Jean-Luc |
author_facet | Coché, Lorraine Arnaud, Elie Bouveret, Laurent David, Romain Foulquier, Eric Gandilhon, Nadège Jeannesson, Etienne Le Bras, Yvan Lerigoleur, Emilie Lopez, Pascal Jean Madon, Bénédicte Sananikone, Julien Sèbe, Maxime Le Berre, Iwan Jung, Jean-Luc |
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description | BACKGROUND: In the French West Indies, more than 20 species of cetaceans have been observed over the last decades. The recognition of this hotspot of biodiversity of marine mammals, observed in the French Exclusive Economic Zone of the West Indies, motivated the French government to create in 2010 a marine protected area (MPA) dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals: the Agoa Sanctuary. Threats that cetacean populations face are multiple, but well-documented. Cetacean conservation can only be achieved if relevant and reliable data are available, starting by occurrence data. In the Guadeloupe Archipelago and in addition to some data collected by the Agoa Sanctuary, occurrence data are mainly available through the contribution of citizen science and of local stakeholders (i.e. non-profit organisations (NPO) and whale-watchers). However, no observation network has been coordinated and no standards exist for cetacean presence data collection and management. NEW INFORMATION: In recent years, several whale watchers and NPOs regularly collected cetacean observation data around the Guadeloupe Archipelago. Our objective was to gather datasets from three Guadeloupean whale watchers, two NPOs and the Agoa Sanctuary, that agreed to share their data. These heterogeneous data went through a careful process of curation and standardisation in order to create a new extended database, using a newly-designed metadata set. This aggregated dataset contains a total of 4,704 records of 21 species collected in the Guadeloupe Archipelago from 2000 to 2019. The database was called Kakila ("who is there?" in Guadeloupean Creole). The Kakila database was developed following the FAIR principles with the ultimate objective of ensuring sustainability. All these data were transferred into the PNDB repository (Pöle National de Données de Biodiversité, Biodiversity French Data Hub, https://www.pndb.fr). In the Agoa Sanctuary and surrounding waters, marine mammals have to interact with increasing anthropogenic pressure from growing human activities. In this context, the Kakila database fulfils the need for an organised system to structure marine mammal occurrences collected by multiple local stakeholders with a common objective: contribute to the knowledge and conservation of cetaceans living in the French Antilles waters. Much needed data analysis will enable us to identify high cetacean presence areas, to document the presence of rarer species and to determine areas of possible negative interactions with anthropogenic activities. |
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spelling | pubmed-83220442021-08-12 Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science Coché, Lorraine Arnaud, Elie Bouveret, Laurent David, Romain Foulquier, Eric Gandilhon, Nadège Jeannesson, Etienne Le Bras, Yvan Lerigoleur, Emilie Lopez, Pascal Jean Madon, Bénédicte Sananikone, Julien Sèbe, Maxime Le Berre, Iwan Jung, Jean-Luc Biodivers Data J Data Paper (Biosciences) BACKGROUND: In the French West Indies, more than 20 species of cetaceans have been observed over the last decades. The recognition of this hotspot of biodiversity of marine mammals, observed in the French Exclusive Economic Zone of the West Indies, motivated the French government to create in 2010 a marine protected area (MPA) dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals: the Agoa Sanctuary. Threats that cetacean populations face are multiple, but well-documented. Cetacean conservation can only be achieved if relevant and reliable data are available, starting by occurrence data. In the Guadeloupe Archipelago and in addition to some data collected by the Agoa Sanctuary, occurrence data are mainly available through the contribution of citizen science and of local stakeholders (i.e. non-profit organisations (NPO) and whale-watchers). However, no observation network has been coordinated and no standards exist for cetacean presence data collection and management. NEW INFORMATION: In recent years, several whale watchers and NPOs regularly collected cetacean observation data around the Guadeloupe Archipelago. Our objective was to gather datasets from three Guadeloupean whale watchers, two NPOs and the Agoa Sanctuary, that agreed to share their data. These heterogeneous data went through a careful process of curation and standardisation in order to create a new extended database, using a newly-designed metadata set. This aggregated dataset contains a total of 4,704 records of 21 species collected in the Guadeloupe Archipelago from 2000 to 2019. The database was called Kakila ("who is there?" in Guadeloupean Creole). The Kakila database was developed following the FAIR principles with the ultimate objective of ensuring sustainability. All these data were transferred into the PNDB repository (Pöle National de Données de Biodiversité, Biodiversity French Data Hub, https://www.pndb.fr). In the Agoa Sanctuary and surrounding waters, marine mammals have to interact with increasing anthropogenic pressure from growing human activities. In this context, the Kakila database fulfils the need for an organised system to structure marine mammal occurrences collected by multiple local stakeholders with a common objective: contribute to the knowledge and conservation of cetaceans living in the French Antilles waters. Much needed data analysis will enable us to identify high cetacean presence areas, to document the presence of rarer species and to determine areas of possible negative interactions with anthropogenic activities. Pensoft Publishers 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8322044/ /pubmed/34393586 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69022 Text en Lorraine Coché, Elie Arnaud, Laurent Bouveret, Romain David, Eric Foulquier, Nadège Gandilhon, Etienne Jeannesson, Yvan Le Bras, Emilie Lerigoleur, Pascal Jean Lopez, Bénédicte Madon, Julien Sananikone, Maxime Sèbe, Iwan Le Berre, Jean-Luc Jung https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Data Paper (Biosciences) Coché, Lorraine Arnaud, Elie Bouveret, Laurent David, Romain Foulquier, Eric Gandilhon, Nadège Jeannesson, Etienne Le Bras, Yvan Lerigoleur, Emilie Lopez, Pascal Jean Madon, Bénédicte Sananikone, Julien Sèbe, Maxime Le Berre, Iwan Jung, Jean-Luc Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science |
title | Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science |
title_full | Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science |
title_fullStr | Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science |
title_full_unstemmed | Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science |
title_short | Kakila database: Towards a FAIR community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the Guadeloupe Archipelago, based on citizen science |
title_sort | kakila database: towards a fair community approved database of cetacean presence in the waters of the guadeloupe archipelago, based on citizen science |
topic | Data Paper (Biosciences) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8322044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34393586 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69022 |
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