Dataset 3485

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Type: Dataset
title in English: ME harbor and gray seals time series
Description in English: Seal populations in the northwest Atlantic are thriving, yet few grant dollars go to seal projects in the northeast region. According to many researchers and managers in the region, the healthy state of stocks is exactly why we should be studying seals. Seal and human activities along the coast often result in conflicts, which will undoubtedly increase as the population and range of both seals and humans increase. The east coast of the United States lacks a management plan for seals. A problem that seriously impedes management is that managers do not know where the seals are and more specifically, where haul-out sites are. This atlas is designed to aid managers and researchers in the management and conservation of seals in the northwest Atlantic. The atlas and the data used to create the atlas can be accessed through OBIS-SEAMAP.
Abstract in English: Data from a series of aerial surveys conducted between 1981 and 2001 of harbor and gray seal haul-out sites in Maine.
License: https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation: Gilbert, J.R., G.T. Waring, K.M. Wynne, and N. Guldager. 2005. Changes in abundance of harbor seals in Maine, 1981-2001. Marine Mammal Science. 21(3):519-535
Version: 1