SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988

doi:10.15468/yq77dh

SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988

Citation

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (2022). SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988. https://doi.org/10.15468/yq77dh accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-17.

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 airplane

Method 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

SHARK
originator
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