Macquarie Island Elephant Seal demographics

• Other Authors: Volzke, Sophia (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Volzke, Sophia (pointOfContact), McMahon, Clive (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) (hasAssociationWith), IMOS Animal Tagging (hasAssociationWith), IMAS - UTAS (hasAssociationWith)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Tasmania, Australia
• Subjects: biota; mark-recapture studies; demographic modelling; predator demography; resight effort; Macquarie Island; breeding population; Mirounga leonina; southern elephant seal; capital breeder; predator ecology; SPECIES LIFE HISTORY; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seal
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/macquarie-island-elephant-seal-demographics/1601235; https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au:443/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=94f859d3-922b-4fdd-b6e9-3a6186477bdc

Between 1951-1965 and 1993-1999 newly weaned southern elephant seal pups were captured and permanently marked. Organised re-sight efforts were made to provide longitudinal demographic data for this population. Biological data from individual short-term scientific projects includes information on physical condition for a portion of pups and adult seals. Seals were recorded in regular re-sights varying from daily Isthmus searches during the breeding season to ad-hoc sightings outside of active monitoring.