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Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) tagging project via the moon pool of the CCGS Amundsen

Ringed seals have been reported to enter and use extensively the moon pool on multiple occasions during the CASES project. A net was designed to attempt to capture ringed seals from the moon pool onboard the CCGS Amundsen during a three week period of leg 6a. Captured seals were to be restrained, measured and a satellite transmitter (SPLASH PTT/TDR - Wildlife Computer) attached on their back before release. While one ringed seal did use the moon pool to rest during the three week period, we were not able to physically capture and tag any seals during the trip. We ruled out the net as designed in the first place as a good seal catching device in the moon pool, and created a new design that should be more functional. Considering seals' behaviour (once seals have found the moon pool, they keep using it) and how the moon pool is used onboard the ship, we discovered it was not necessary to deploy the net overnight if no seals have been spotted in the moon pool the day before. We are confident though that a future attempt to catch seals onboard the CCGS Amundsen will have more chances to be successful.

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Date (Publication)
2013-04-05
Principal investigator
 

Steve Ferguson


Originator
 

Magaly Chambellant


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Lois Harwood


Other citation details

Ferguson, S., unpublished data

Purpose

Understand movements and diving behaviour of seals from different age classes in the CFL area. Deploy satellite transmitters (PTT) coupled with time-depth recorders (TDR) on ringed seals (Phoca hispida) using the CFL.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
 

Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

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Polar Data Catalogue


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Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)

  • Beaufort Sea

  • Circumpolar region

  • Marine mammals

  • Motion

  • Ringed seal

  • Seals

Place
  • South Beaufort Sea (CFL study region)

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Metadata language

eng; CAN

Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
2008-01-31
End date
2008-02-21
Supplemental Information

Summary: Not Applicable Research Program(s): IPY. For further information: steve.ferguson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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Distributor
 

Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

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Polar Data Catalogue


200 University Avenue West, University of Waterloo

,

Waterloo

,

Ontario

,

N2L 3G1

,

Canada

(519) 888-4567 x32689
Included with dataset
No
File identifier
04689f72-867e-4085-8623-92662fc2fa9e XML
Metadata language

eng; CAN

Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-04-08T13:00:29
Metadata standard name

North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003

Metadata standard version

2009-01-01

Point of contact
 

Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

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Polar Data Catalogue


200 University Avenue West, University of Waterloo

,

Waterloo

,

Ontario

,

N2L 3G1

,

Canada

(519) 888-4567 x32689
Dataset URI

https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=1713

 
 

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Keywords

Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)
Beaufort Sea Circumpolar region Marine mammals Motion Ringed seal Seals

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