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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Kakila 数据库：建立一个公平的社区批准的瓜德罗普群岛水域鲸类存在数据库，基于公民科学

背景 在法属西印度群岛，在过去几十年中观察到了 20 多种鲸目动物。在西印度群岛的法国专属经济区观察到的海洋哺乳动物生物多样性热点的认识促使法国政府于 2010 年创建了一个致力于保护海洋哺乳动物的海洋保护区 (MPA)：阿戈阿保护区。鲸类种群面临的威胁是多重的，但有据可查。只有获得相关和可靠的数据（从发生数据开始），才能实现鲸目动物保护。在瓜德罗普群岛，除了 Agoa Sanctuary 收集的一些数据外，发生数据主要通过公民科学和当地利益相关者（即非营利组织 (NPO) 和观鲸者）的贡献获得。然而，没有协调观察网络，也没有鲸目动物存在数据收集和管理的标准。新信息 近年来，一些鲸鱼观察者和 NPO 定期收集瓜德罗普群岛周围的鲸类观察数据。我们的目标是从同意共享数据的三位瓜德罗普鲸鱼观察者、两个 NPO 和 Agoa Sanctuary 那里收集数据集。这些异构数据经过精心的管理和标准化过程，以便使用新设计的元数据集创建一个新的扩展数据库。该汇总数据集包含 2000 年至 2019 年在瓜德罗普群岛收集的 21 个物种的 4,704 条记录。该数据库称为 Kakila（瓜德罗普克里奥尔语中的“谁在那儿？”）。Kakila 数据库是按照 FAIR 原则开发的，最终目标是确保可持续性。所有这些数据都被转移到 PNDB 存储库（Pöle National de Données de Biodiversité，Biodiversity French Data Hub，https://www.pndb.fr）。在阿戈阿保护区和周边水域，海洋哺乳动物必须与人类活动日益增加的人为压力相互作用。在这种情况下，Kakila 数据库满足了对一个有组织的系统的需求，该系统可以构建由多个当地利益相关者收集的海洋哺乳动物事件，其共同目标是：为生活在法属安的列斯群岛水域的鲸类动物的知识和保护做出贡献。急需的数据分析将使我们能够确定高鲸类存在区域，