Weddell Seal underwater calling rates during the winter and spring near Mawson Station, Antarctica

• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: data.gov.au
• Subjects: AMD; CEOS; Diel activity; FIELD SURVEYS; HYDROPHONES; Leptonychotes weddellii; Mawson; Weddell Seal; fast ice; photoperiod; seasonality; vocalisation; Austral; Forbes; Mawson Station; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/weddell-seal-underwater-station-antarctica/1939680; http://data.gov.au/dataset/7cb228de-8680-4ab6-a797-aa18432e3bc5

During the winter and spring of 2002, underwater calling rates were measured near mid-day on an opportunistic basis at 7 breeding sites and, at two breeding sites, over 24 hour periods once a month. The data were analysed with respect to reproductive season (early ice formation, prebreeding, pupping...