Dataset

SHARK - National environmental monitoring of Grey seal in Sweden since 1989

EurOBIS 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 Grey seal in Sweden since 1989 https://doi.org/10.15468/ygk52s

Published: July 02, 2024 at 16:36

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=smhi-greyseal-nat

Swedish Museum of Natural History
Swedish Museum of Natural History

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

13,362
occurrence records
61,116
measurements and facts
4
taxa
3
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 12,683
94.9%
decimalLatitude 71
0.5%
decimalLongitude 71
0.5%
eventDate 4
0.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 13,362
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 13,362
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 13,362
100.0%
ON_LAND 2,767
20.7%
NO_COORD 71
0.5%

Measurement types

DNA derived data