NPWS Seal Database

Compiled dataset with records of Seal (Halichoerus gryphus; Phoca vitulina) observations for Ireland, from various sources and surveys.



Geographic Coverage: National



Temporal Coverage: 1978-ongoing



Species Groups recorded: marine mammal



Dataset Status: Data collation is ongoing



Additional Information: Lyons, D.O. (2004) Summary of National Parks and Wildlife Service surveys for common (harbour) seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), 1978 to 2003. Irish Wildlife Manual No. 13, National Parks & Willdife Service, Ireland.; Cronin, M., Duck, C., O'Cadhla, O., Nairn, R., Strong, D. & O'Keeffe, C. (2003) Harbour seal population assessment in the Republic of Ireland. Irish Wildlife Manual No. 11, National Parks & Willdife Service, Ireland.

Simple

Alternate title

ie.nbdc.dataset.NpwsSealsDatabase
Date (Creation)
2011-08-19
Date (Publication)
2017-09-05
Date (Revision)
2017-09-05
Citation identifier
INSPIRE UUID / ie.nbdc.dataset.NpwsSealsDatabase
Purpose

Data collected for population size, distribution, range and site monitoring, and for national reporting purposes.
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact

GemetInspireTheme

  • Species distribution

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • wildlife

  • organism

  • wildlife conservation

  • environmental conservation

  • wildlife habitat

  • habitat

  • wildlife protection

  • nature protection

  • wildlife sanctuary

  • protected area

  • species

  • ecological parameter

  • environment

  • ecosystem

  • synecology

  • ecosystem analysis

  • ecosystem research

  • environmental research

  • biodiversity

National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • National Biodiversity Data Centre

  • NBDC

  • biodiversity data centre

  • publishToISDE

ISO 3166

  • Ireland
Use limitation

Creative Commons licence conditions apply
Use limitation

Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
100  m
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans
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Begin date
1960-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2013-12-31T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

CSV, Excel

RFC 1480, Office 2010
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/91

View charts and maps information regarding data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/csv

 		https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/Download?datasetId=91

Download as CSV (zipped)
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Species distribution
Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

Surveys carried out, and data collected by qualified and experienced scientists. Data is of a high quality.



Data Capture Method: Field observations, ad-hoc records and standardised collections for monitoring surveys.



Data Capture Purpose: Data collected for population size, distribution, range and site monitoring, and for national reporting purposes.



Original Format: Data collated into Recorder 6 from various MS Excel files.

Metadata

File identifier
ie.nbdc.dataset.NpwsSealsDatabase XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2017-09-05T14:26:00
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version

1.2
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Barry O'Neill

info@biodiversityireland.ie

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/91

 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

biodiversity ecological parameter ecosystem ecosystem analysis ecosystem research environment environmental conservation environmental research habitat nature protection organism protected area species synecology wildlife wildlife conservation wildlife habitat wildlife protection wildlife sanctuary
GemetInspireTheme

Species distribution
National Biodiversity Data Centre

NBDC National Biodiversity Data Centre biodiversity data centre publishToISDE


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