Dataset

SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988

OBIS Secretariat MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The national monitoring program was initiated by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. 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 seals is performed by counting seals from land, ship or 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

Citation: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (2022). SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Harbour seal in Sweden since 1988.

Published: April 07, 2025 at 08:51

URL: https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=smhi-harbourseal-nat

10,959
occurrence records
56,005
measurements and facts
2
taxa
2
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 10,959
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 10,959
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 10,959
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 10,959
100.0%
ON_LAND 4,090
37.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data