SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Ringed seal in Sweden since 1995
type: Dataset
distribution: Landing page for the dataset
description: Data from the Swedish environmental monitoring program for Ringed seal. The monitoring program was initiated in 1995 by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and later the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management took over the responsibility and financing of the program. 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 Ringed seal is performed by counting seals in transects from airplane. Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/samordning--fakta/miljoovervakning/miljoovervakningens-programomrade-kust-och-hav/delprogram-sal-och-havsorn.html,https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/undersokningstyper-for-miljoovervakning/undersokningstyper/bestand-av-knubbsal-och-vikaresal.html
modified: 2025-04-07T00:00:00Z
issued: 2023-01-24T00:00:00Z
publisher: SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
qualified attribution: Attribution
  had role: principalInvestigator
  agent: SHARK
    type: Agent
    type: PrivateIndividual(s)
keyword: Sampling event
keyword: Ringed seal
keyword: Samplingevent
keyword: SAMPLING_EVENT
language: ENG

Landing page for the dataset
type: Distribution
title: Landningssida för datasetet @sv
access URL: SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Ringed seal in Sweden since 1995
availability: stable

SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
type: Agent
name: SMHI - Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut @sv
type: Academia-ScientificOrganisation
source: 00hgzve81