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SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Seal pathology in Sweden
Citation
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (2024). SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Seal pathology in Sweden. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8585
Contact: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), more ;
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Availability: CC0 To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.
Description

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.

Monitoring is performed by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Data is stored in the Swedish archive for oceanographic data (SHARK) database, curated by SMHI.

Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/overvakningsmanualer-for-miljoovervakning/overvakningsmanualer/patologi-hos-grasal-vikaresal-och-knubbsal.html

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Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/overvakningsmanualer-for-miljoovervakning/overvakningsmanualer/patologi-hos-grasal-vikaresal-och-knubbsal.html

Study ExtentMonitoring program

Method step description:

  1. Seal pathology using necropsy and histopathological findings of dead seals has been monitored in and around Swedish coasts since 2008.
  2. This monitoring program is focused toward determining the health status of seal populations via autopsies of animals that are collected and sent to the Swedish Museum of Natural History. In addition, the program is also aimed for finding and measuring potentially harmful substances in biota.
  3. Sampling provides information to describe the cause of death among seals.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Terrestrial, Animal pathology, ANE, Baltic, ANE, Kattegat, ANE, Skagerrak, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Phocidae Gray, 1821
Geographical coverage
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]
ANE, Kattegat [Marine Regions]
ANE, Skagerrak [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 11,31; MinLat: 55,67 - MaxLong: 22,93; MaxLat: 65,5838 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
2008 - 2023
Taxonomic coverage
Phocidae Gray, 1821 [WoRMS]
Contributor
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), more
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2024-05-21
Information last updated: 2024-05-21
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