SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Grey seal in Sweden since 1989

Dataset type

This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.

Description

The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. The monitoring is performed by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Data is stored in the database SHARK, hosted and maintained by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Monitoring of seals is performed by counting seals from land, ship or airplane. More information is available in Swedish at https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-sal-och-havsorn.html

Geographic Description

"Data is collected within the following marine ecoregions using coordinate system WGS84:" http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2401, http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2379

Methods

Data is collected by counting seals from land, ship or airplane.

Type of content

Includes: Point occurrence data.

Citation

Swedish Museum of Natural History Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (2022). SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Grey seal in Sweden since 1989

Rights

To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

Digitised records

Metadata last updated on 2024-08-27 06:54:10.0