Seasonal dive patterns and movements of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the St. Lawrence Estuary and Sable Island, 1994 – 1998

The datasets presented here were collected in a project that studied the foraging behavior of the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in the St. Lawrence Estuary and at Sable Island. The datasets consist of series of geographic positions and dive profiles. Ten harbour seals were captured using gillnets from 1994 to 1998 at three sites in the St. Lawrence Estuary (Bic, n=1 individual; île Blanche, n=1; Métis-sur-Mer, n=5) and one site on Sable Island (n=3 individuals). The first dataset consists of series of geographic locations of harbour seals with associated dates and times and movement speeds calculated from successive locations. The second dataset consists of dive profiles in the form of frequency histograms with 10 or 14 bins (depth strata or time intervals), compiled over daily 6-hour periods (morning, day, evening, night).

Publisher

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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2026-06-02