SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Harbour porpoise in Sweden

Dataset type

This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.

Description

The national monitoring program is financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Monitoring is performed by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive (SHARK) by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). 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/overvakning-och-uppfoljning/miljoovervakning/marin-miljoovervakning/tumlare.html

Geographic Description

Data are collected within the following marine ecoregions: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2401, http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2374, http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2379

Methods

Data is collected using acoustic click detectors that record the click signals of Harbour porpoises. Detectors are deployed during a time period, logging continously.

Type of content

Includes: Point occurrence data.

Citation

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (2024). SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Harbour porpoise in Sweden

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 06:54:11.0