Dataset

Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie des Veys

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Original provider: Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé Dataset credits: Cecile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University) Abstract: Twelve harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were captured in the Baie des Veys (Normandy, France) between October 2007 and October 2008 and fitted with Fastloc GPS/GSM tags (Sea Mammal Research Unit - SMRU, UK). The project was funded by the DIREN Basse Normandie. The study was conducted by Cecile Vincent at the University of La Rochelle (France) in collaboration with SMRU, the Reserve Naturelle Nationale du Domaine de Beauguillot, 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 des Veys. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/16117226.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 12:52

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2032

23,970
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 23,970
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 23,970
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 23,970
100.0%
ON_LAND 1,615
6.7%

Measurement types

DNA derived data