WhaleNet New England Aquarium, and The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation

"Plover" Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)

Release Date October 2, 2000 [Maps and Data below]

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Where is "Plover"?

• Data from "Plover's" satellite tag -

• Position Data - latitude and longitude fixes
• Data archive - for all the Satellite tag data from Plover's tag go to WhaleNet's archives. Sort by thread and then scroll down and find Seal Data or Plover.

• Maps - Plover's present and past locations

• Tracking Map - More of Plover's past locations

• REPORTS on Plover's travels, his satellite tag and STRANDING HISTORY

• About the tagging organization
• The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation
  

About "Plover"

• Plover's stranding history

• Fact Sheet #1 - Information About Hooded Seals

• Fact Sheet #2 - Information About Increasing Seal Populations in the Gulf of Maine

• Fact Sheet #3- NEA Fact Sheet on Hooded Seals

• Hooded Seal information from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center

• Map Generator Generate your own maps of any location.
• Distance Generator - Determine the distance and heading between any two fixes (latitude and longitude readings).
• Nation Data Buoy Center - access oceanographic data in real time.
• Ice formation images in Davis Strait.
• National Ice Center - Ice maps, NOAA.
• Ice/Sea Surface Temperature - Nice Image.
• Additional Maps and Maps Index
  • Blank Northern Tracking Map more northerly area
  • Blank Northern Tracking Map "C"(B & W)
  • Blank Northern Tracking Map "B"(B & W)
  • Blank Inshore Tracking Map (color)
  • Blank Inshore Tracking Map (black & white)

How Satellite tags work

• Movie of a satellite tag being attached to a seal
• Slide shows of seals being tagged and released

Lessons and Curriculum Connections

• Resources useful to teachers using satellite tag data with students