ARGOS Tracking Data of Fur Seals from Macquarie Island in 1997-1999

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; POST-BREEDING PERIODS; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; RANGE CHANGES; LACTATION; TRACKING; FORAGING; ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System; SATELLITES; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; Antarctic; Austral; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Arctocephalus gazella; Macquarie Island; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/argos-tracking-fur-1997-1999/1330527; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_859_Fur_Seals_MI_1997_1999; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/4660/download; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/argos/display_campaign.cfm?campaign_id=92; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=AAS_859; https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_859_Fur_Seals_MI_1997_1999

See the referenced papers for more information. The populations of fur seals on Australia's two subantarctic islands were exterminated by uncontrolled sealing in the 19th century. Only in the latter half of the 20th century have populations commenced recovering. This project provides key inform...