IMARES, Monitoring Seals in the Dutch Wadden Sea (1970 -)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| Country | Netherlands  |
| Project | WOT-IN Monitoring Seals in the Dutch Wadden Sea |
| Time period | 1970 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | The Dutch Wadden Sea and the adjacent part of the North Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Seal abundance |
| Instruments | Cameras |
| Description | |
| Summary | The monitoring of Harbour Seals and Grey Seals is performed by flying over the area at low tide taking photographs of haul out sites(resting places) with seals. Counting is done from these photographs. Several times per year the counting is carried out. Flights are planned according to breeding and moulting season. |
| Originators | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| References | TSEG: Trilateral Seal Expert Group1: Peter Reijnders, Kai Abt, Sophie Brasseur, Svend Tougaard, Ursula Siebert & Ekkehard Vareschi (2003) Sense and Sensibility in Evaluating Aerial Counts of Harbour Seals in Wadden Sea, Wadden Sea Newsletter 2003-1 |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| Availability | Distribution cost charge |
| Contact | Jenny Cremer |
| Address | Wageningen Marine Research, Texel |
| Telephone | +31 317487076 |
| Facsimile | +31 317487362 |
| jenny.cremer@wur.nl | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Oceanographic Data Committee |
| Local identifier | IMARES_5720002 |
| Global identifier | 4814 |
| Last revised | 2011-02-24 |
