Dataset

Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie du Mont Saint-Michel

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Original provider: Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé Dataset credits: Cecile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University) Abstract: 8 harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were captured in the Baie du Montt-Saint-Michel (France) between January 2006 and October 2007 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, Aero’Baie, PELAGIS (CNRS/La Rochelle University), the Office national de la chasse de la faune sauvage (ONCFS), the Zoo de La Fleche and the Zoo La Bourbansais. Seals were caught under licenses delivered by the French ministry of the environment.

Citation: Vincent, C. 2020. Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/368dd287.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 12:53

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2034

13,718
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 13,718
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 13,718
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 13,718
100.0%
ON_LAND 19
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data