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Long-term Sea Mammal Research Unit Aerial Survey data (SMRU) Harbour Seal Counts and Grey Seal Pup Production in UK , 1989-present
Citation
Hall, A. ; Scottish Oceans Institute (USTAN), UK; (2018) Long-term Sea Mammal Research Unit Aerial Survey data (SMRU) Harbour Seal Counts and Grey Seal Pup Production in UK , 1989-present. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/6068

Description
Sea Mammal Research Unit Aerial Survey data (images and counts) assesses UK harbour seal and grey seal pup production from 1989 onwards. The harbour seal and Grey Seal Pups counts are done in August. Under the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 and the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has a duty to provide scientific advice to government on matters related to the management of seal populations.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Data, Marine Genomics, Marine mammals, Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791), Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

Temporal coverage
From 1989 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) [WoRMS]
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Parameters

Contributor
University of St Andrews; Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI), more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2018-11-07
Information last updated: 2018-11-08
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