Dataset

DFO Maritimes Region Sable Island Seals

OBIS Secretariat Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The core of the data in this database is brand re-sightings from a rigorous annual census of Grey Seals on Sable Island (Eastern Scotian Shelf, NW Atlantic) between late December and early February, and opportunistic sightings in areas where branded seals have temporarily or permanently migrated, including the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Western Scotian Shelf, Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine. Harbour Seal brand re-sight data and ecology data from the active research program from the late 80's to early 90's also included.

Citation: Bowen, D. 2011. DFO Maritimes Region Sable Island Seals. OBIS Canada Digital Collections. OBIS Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Version 1, Digital, retrieved from http://iobis.org/.

URL: http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/resource?r=dfo_mar_sableislandseals

Government of Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Government of Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

Government of Canada; Department of Fisheries and Oceans Bedford Institute of Oceanography (DFO-BIO)
Government of Canada; Department of Fisheries and Oceans Bedford Institute of Oceanography (DFO-BIO)

62
occurrence records
2
taxa
2
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 62
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 62
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 62
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 62
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 62
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data