Grey seals ARGOS telemetry in Molene Archipelago

Cécile Vincent

doi:10.15468/nxkc3h

Grey seals ARGOS telemetry in Molene Archipelago

Citation

Vincent, C. 2019. Grey seals ARGOS telemetry in Molene Archipelago. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2024) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/nxkc3h accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-17.

Description

Original provider: Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé Dataset credits: Cécile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University) Abstract: 16 grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were captured in the Molene archipelago, Brittany (western France) between April 1999 and August 2003 and fitted with SRDLs (Satellite Relay Data Loggers constructed at the Sea Mammal Research Unit - SMRU, UK). The project was funded by DIREN Bretagne and FEOGA (EU). The study was conducted by Cecile Vincent and Vincent Ridoux at Oceanopolis (Brest, France) and the University of La Rochelle (France) in collaboration with SMRU and the Office national de la chasse de la faune sauvage (ONCFS). 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

France,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/