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Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme

Dataset homepage

Citation

Vincent, C. 2019. Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2030) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/j5tr73 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-14.

Description

Original provider: Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé Dataset credits: Cecile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University) Abstract: Ten harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were captured in the Baie de Somme, Picardie (France) in October 2008 and fitted with Fastloc GPS/GSM tags (Sea Mammal Research Unit - SMRU, UK). The project was funded by the Région Poitou-Charentes. The study was conducted by Cecile Vincent at the University of La Rochelle (France) in collaboration with SMRU, Picardie Nature, PELAGIS (CNRS/La Rochelle University) 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 harbour seals

Purpose

Identification of individual movements and foraging areas of harbour seals

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

  1. NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  1. Phoca vitulina
    common name: Harbor Seal rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Baie de Somme,France,English Channel

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/
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