SHARK - National Harbour seal monitoring in Sweden since 1988

Data from Swedish environmental monitoring of abundance of Harbour seal. Swedish monitoring of Harbour seals started in 1988. The monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and later the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management took over the responsibility and financing of the program. The monitoring is performed by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Data is stored in the database SHARK, hosted and maintained by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Monitoring of seal is performed by counting seals from land, ship or airplane. More information is available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-sal-och-havsorn.html

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title
SHARK - National Harbour seal monitoring in Sweden since 1988
Abstract
Data from Swedish environmental monitoring of abundance of Harbour seal. Swedish monitoring of Harbour seals started in 1988. The monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and later the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management took over the responsibility and financing of the program. The monitoring is performed by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Data is stored in the database SHARK, hosted and maintained by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Monitoring of seal is performed by counting seals from land, ship or airplane. More information is available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-sal-och-havsorn.html
Dataset Language
en
 
Dataset Creator
  Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Dataset Creator
  Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Dataset Creator
  Swedish Museum of Natural History
Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
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https://www.vliz.be
Associated Party
custodianSteward
  Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Dataset Contact
  Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute - Lisa Sundqvist
Keywords (ASFA )
  • Air monitoring
  • Long-term monitoring
  • Top predators

Geographic Coveragehttp://marineregions.org/mrgid/2401

Geographic Description
ANE, Baltic

Geographic Coveragehttp://marineregions.org/mrgid/2374

Geographic Description
ANE, Kattegat

Geographic Coveragehttp://marineregions.org/mrgid/2379

Geographic Description
ANE, Skagerrak

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description
EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate
10.79845
East Bounding Coordinate
16.64088
North Bounding Coordinate
59.00201
South Bounding Coordinate
55.36146

Temporal Coverage

Single Date Time

1988-01-01

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1998-01-01

End Date

2003-01-01

Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137080

General Taxonomic Coverage
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137080

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name
species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)

Taxonomic Coverageurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137084

General Taxonomic Coverage
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137084

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name
species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)

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