SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Harbour porpoise in Sweden

The national monitoring program is financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.Monitoring is performed by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive (SHARK) by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI).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/overvakning-och-uppfoljning/miljoovervakning/marin-miljoovervakning/tumlare.html 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/overvakning-och-uppfoljning/miljoovervakning/marin-miljoovervakning/tumlare.htmlStudy ExtentMonitoring programMethod step description:Data is collected using acoustic click detectors that record the click signals of Harbour porpoises. Detectors are deployed during a time period, logging continously.

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Temporal extent2015-01-01 – ongoing
Date (publication)2024-06-04
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
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LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
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Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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