SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Ringed seal in Sweden since 1995

Dataset type

This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.

Description

Data from the Swedish environmental monitoring program for Ringed seal. The monitoring program was initiated in 1995 by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and later the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management took over the responsibility and financing of the program. 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 Ringed seal is performed by counting seals in transects from airplane. Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-sal-och-havsorn.html,https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/bestand-av-knubbsal-och-vikaresal.html

Geographic Description

Data are collected within the following marine ecoregions: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2401

Methods

Data are collected by counting seals in transects from airplane.Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-sal-och-havsorn.html,https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/bestand-av-knubbsal-och-vikaresal.html

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 marine environmental monitoring of Ringed seal in Sweden since 1995.

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.

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Metadata last updated on 2024-08-27 06:54:13.0