Quick evaluation of two pinniped observation sites for behaviour studies and photo-identification, from a tourist point of view, in Skjálfandafljót near Húsavik, Iceland

• Main Authors: Milesi-Gaches, David, Lhériau, Alexandre
• Other Authors: Auteur indépendant
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: ecology; harbour seals; phoca vitulina; Iceland; photo-identification; tourism; behaviour; écologie; phoques communs; tourisme; Islande; comportement; envir; geo; Phoques; Skjálfandafljót; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03547502/file/Milesi-Gaches%20and%20Lh%C3%A9riau%20-%20HAL%20-%20Quick%20evaluation%20of%20two%20pinniped%20observation%20sites.pdf; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03547502

With the decline of the pinniped population in Iceland alongside increasing wildlife watching tourism, monitoring seal colonies is of critical concern. Close to the world-class whale watching spot of Húsavik, sandbanks in the river Skjálfandafljót serve as hauling area to a colony of Harbour seals (...