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Baltic porpoise sightings 01-02
Citation
D. Gillespie, P. Berggren, S. Brown, I. Kuklik, C. Lacey, T. Lewis, J. Matthews, R. Mclanaghan, A. Moscrop & N. Tregenza. 2005. Relative abundance of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Journal of Cetacean Research and Managment: 7(1):51-57. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1970
Contact:
Moscrop, Anna
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
Dataset information available at
http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/344 more
Boat-based acoustic and visual surveys for harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were conducted during the summers of 2001 and 2002 in order to investigate their distribution and relative abundance in the Baltic Sea, and to compare the results with the adjacent Kiel and Mecklenburg Bights and the Little Belt. Harbour porpoises are subject to year-round bycatch in gillnets and other fishing gear in these waters. This is of particular concern in the Baltic Sea where a survey carried out in 1995 indicated that the population is low and current levels of anthropogenic mortality are believed to be unsustainable.
Boat-based acoustic and visual surveys for harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were conducted during the summers of 2001 and 2002 in order to investigate their distribution and relative abundance in the Baltic Sea, and to compare the results with the adjacent Kiel and Mecklenburg Bights and the Little Belt. Harbour porpoises are subject to year-round bycatch in gillnets and other fishing gear in these waters. This is of particular concern in the Baltic Sea where a survey carried out in 1995 indicated that the population is low and current levels of anthropogenic mortality are believed to be unsustainable.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Marine mammals, Porpoises, ANE, Baltic, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geographical coverage
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 4,9265; MinLat: 53,369 - MaxLong: 14,5305; MaxLat: 55,3393 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: 4,9265; MinLat: 53,369 - MaxLong: 14,5305; MaxLat: 55,3393 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
2001 - 2002
Taxonomic coverage
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Contributors
Related datasets
Publication
Based on this dataset
Gillespie, D. et al. (2005). Relative abundance of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from acoustic and visual surveys of the Baltic Sea and adjacent waters during 2001 and 2002. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 7(1): 51-57
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Dataset information:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2009-06-09
Information last updated: 2012-10-23
