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Baltic porpoise acoustic surveys 01-02
Citation
Contact: Moscrop, Anna
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Description
Boat-based acoustic surveys for harbor porpoises in the Baltic Sea during the summers of 2001 and 2002. more

Boat-based acoustic surveys for harbor 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. Harbor 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.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Mammals
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Acoustic surveys, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ANE, Baltic, ANE, Kattegat, ANE, North Sea, ANE, Skagerrak, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geographical coverage
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]
ANE, Kattegat [Marine Regions]
ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
ANE, Skagerrak [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -4,8808; MinLat: 50,1421 - MaxLong: 16,9679; MaxLat: 57,771 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
2001 - 2002
Taxonomic coverage
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Contributors
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), more, data owner, data creator
Marine Conservation Research Ltd., more
Moscrop, Anna
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Release date: 2011-04-07
Metadatarecord created: 2011-04-06
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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