Grey seals GPS telemetry in Molene Archipelago

Cécile Vincent

doi:10.15468/6nrxgg

Grey seals GPS telemetry in Molene Archipelago

Citation

Vincent, C. 2019. Grey seals GPS telemetry in Molene Archipelago. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2028) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/6nrxgg accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

Original provider: Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé Dataset credits: Cecile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University) Abstract: 21 grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were captured in the Molene archipelago, Brittany (western France) between June 2010 and June 2013 and fitted with Fastloc GPS/GSM tags (Sea Mammal Research Unit - SMRU, UK). The project was funded by the Parc naturel marin d’Iroise and Région Poitou-Charentes. The study was conducted by Cecile Vincent at the University of La Rochelle (France) in collaboration with SMRU, the Parc naturel marin d’Iroise, Oceanopolis, the Office national de la chasse de la faune sauvage (ONCFS), PELAGIS (CNRS/La Rochelle University) and the Zoo de La Fleche. Seals were caught under licenses delivered by the French ministry of the environment. Purpose: Identification of individual movements and foraging areas of grey seals

Purpose

Identification of individual movements and foraging areas of grey seals

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Halichoerus grypus
common name: Atlantic gray seal rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Molene Archipelago,Iroise Sea,English Channel,Irish Sea,Ireland,UK

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Cécile Vincent
originator
position: Primary contact
Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC)
email: cecile.vincent@univ-lr.fr
homepage: http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Cécile Vincent
owner
position: Primary contact
Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC)
email: cecile.vincent@univ-lr.fr
homepage: http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/

Cécile Vincent
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC)
email: cecile.vincent@univ-lr.fr
homepage: http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/