Harbour porpoise surveys in Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC, 2015

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A visual survey of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was carried out in 2015 in the Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC in order to derive local density and abundance estimates. Static Acoustic Monitoring (SAM) through the deployment of C-PODs was carried out at two sites within the SAC using a randomised sampling design.

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biodiversity biota cetacean environment ireland mammal marine marine fauna national parks and wildlife service npws species distribution

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Created 2023-11-21
Last Updated 2025-10-22
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