Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme

Cécile Vincent

doi:10.15468/j5tr73

Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme

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

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

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/