ME harbor and gray seals time series

James Gilbert

doi:10.15468/9b5996

ME harbor and gray seals time series

Citation

Gilbert, J. 2013. ME harbor and gray seals time series. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/315) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/9b5996 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

Original provider: University of Maine Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center James Gilbert, University of Maine Wendy Dow, Duke University Abstract: Seal populations in the northwest Atlantic are thriving, yet few grant dollars go to seal projects in the northeast region. According to many researchers and managers in the region, the healthy state of stocks is exactly why we should be studying seals. Seal and human activities along the coast often result in conflicts, which will undoubtedly increase as the population and range of both seals and humans increase. The east coast of the United States lacks a management plan for seals. A problem that seriously impedes management is that managers do not know where the seals are and more specifically, where haul-out sites are. This atlas is designed to aid managers and researchers in the management and conservation of seals in the northwest Atlantic. The atlas and the data used to create the atlas can be accessed through OBIS-SEAMAP. Purpose: The purpose of this dataset and atlas is to provide data from a series of aerial surveys conducted between 1981 and 2001 of harbor and gray seal haul-out sites in Maine. Supplemental information: The original data were transposed so that each record represents seals abundance at a single ledge on a single day. As this dataset is a time-series, an appropriate way to represent it is to show it with time-series charts by region. Currently, OBIS-SEAMAP lets you see it on Google Earth with the charts. Not all seasons are represented in this dataset, and distributions of seals may be different in other seasons. Lack of a count for a ledge on a particular date does not necessarily mean the ledge was not observed.

Purpose

The purpose of this dataset and atlas is to provide data from a series of aerial surveys conducted between 1981 and 2001 of harbor and gray seal haul-out sites in Maine.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

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Sampling

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Method steps

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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
Phoca vitulina
common name: Harbor Seal rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North Atlantic Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

James Gilbert
originator
position: Primary contact
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine
email: james.gilbert@umit.maine.edu

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

James Gilbert
owner
position: Primary contact
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine
email: james.gilbert@umit.maine.edu

James Gilbert
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine
email: james.gilbert@umit.maine.edu