Dataset

Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme

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Original provider: Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé Dataset credits: Cecile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University) Abstract: Ten harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were captured in the Baie de Somme, Picardie (France) in October 2008 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, 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.

Citation: Vincent, C. 2019. Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/eb843ffc.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 12:51

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2030

13,172
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 13,172
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 13,172
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 13,172
100.0%
ON_LAND 99
0.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data