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/doc/dataset/1970
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.
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 · ANE, Baltic · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Marine mammals · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Porpoises · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Baltic Sea · Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)
Contributors
Marine Conservation Research Ltd.
Moscrop, Anna
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), data owner
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations
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
