SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988
Citation
SHARK (2022). SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988. The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yq77dh accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.
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 seals 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
Sampling Description
Study Extent
The Swedish Harbour seal monitoring program studies the number of Harbour seals in the seas surrounding Sweden. Discipline: Marine biology; Datatype: Harbour seal; Parameters: # counted.Sampling
Data is collected by counting seals from land, ship or airplaneMethod steps
- More information about the method is available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-sal-och-havsorn.html
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Data is collected within the following marine ecoregions using coordinate system WGS84: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4372, http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2374, http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2379
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
SHARKoriginator
position: Data manager
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
SE
email: shark@smhi.se
SHARK
metadata author
position: Data manager
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
SE
email: shark@smhi.se
SHARK
administrative point of contact
position: Data manager
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
SE
email: shark@smhi.se