Document of dataset 2458

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
SHARK - National Ringed seal monitoring in Sweden since 1995
Abstract in English
Data from Swedish environmental monitoring of abundance of Ringed seal. Swedish monitoring of Ringed seals started in 1995. The monitoring program was initiated 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. 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
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (2018). SHARK - National Ringed seal monitoring in Sweden since 1995.

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1995-01-01
Start date
1996-01-01
End date
1996-01-01
Start date
1998-01-01
End date
2004-01-01

Geographical coverage

Spatial
ANE: Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Air monitoring
Long-term monitoring
Marine mammals
Seals (animals)
Top predators

Themes

theme
Biology > Mammals

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)
Pusa hispida (Schreiber, 1775)

Ownerships

contactPoint
Lisa Sundqvist
contactPoint
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
creator
Swedish Museum of Natural History
creator
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
creator
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
creator
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Dataset references

is part of
Marine biological data of Sweden
record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
EMODNET

Document metadata

date created
2010-07-08
date modified
2018-09-24