Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme


Description

 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.

Purpose:
Identification of individual movements and foraging areas of harbour seals 

Governance

Type Organization Role
Contact principal Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC) non renseigné

Framework objective

 Multiple ou autres 

Dates

Start End
24/04/2021 non renseigné

Taxonomic target of the framework

 No information 

Framework territory

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List of species from the dataset