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Grey seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme Citation Vincent, C. 2019. Grey seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8212 Contact: Vincent, Cécile ; Availability: ![]() Description Twelve grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were captured in the Baie de Somme, Picardie (France) between May and September 2012 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, the Parc naturel marin des estuaires picards et de la mer d’Opale, 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. more Original provider: Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé Dataset credits: Cecile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University) Abstract: Twelve grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were captured in the Baie de Somme, Picardie (France) between May and September 2012 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, the Parc naturel marin des estuaires picards et de la mer d’Opale, 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 grey seals Lineage Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Marine biology, Marine mammals, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Occurrence, Oceans, Radio transmitters, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ANE, France, Picardie, Somme Bay, Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -2,2786; MinLat: 49,2494 - MaxLong: 6,8634; MaxLat: 55,9507 [WGS84] ANE, France, Picardie, Somme Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 30 May 2012 - 30 January 2013 Taxonomic coverage Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) [WoRMS] Contributors Related datasets Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more URLs Dataset information: Other: Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Release date: 2021-04-23 Metadatarecord created: 2023-02-24 Information last updated: 2025-03-26 |