Cape Shirreff female Antarctic fur seal stable isotope data

• Other Authors: AADC (owner), AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor), AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher), Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor), CONNELL, DAVE J. (author), GOEBEL, MICHAEL (collaborator), GOEBEL, MICHAEL (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HINDELL, MARK A. (collaborator), HINDELL, MARK A. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Hindell, M.A., Virtue, P., Lea, M.A., Walters, A. and Goebel, M. (originator), WALTERS, ANDREA (collaborator)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY; Fur Seals; Geolocation; Tracking; Cape Shirreff; Livingston Island; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; LABORATORY; AMD; AMD/AU; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella; Southern Ocean; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/cape-shirreff-female-isotope-data/2817888

Progress Code: completed To quantify the dietary preferences and trophic level consumption of post-breeding adult female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), we analysed the carbon:nitrogen composition of whiskers and blood samples from the females. Females were captured towards the end of the lactation period (March/April) and whiskers and a blood sample were collected at this time. Females were generally recaptured just prior to or after giving birth the following season and a further whisker and blood sample were collected at this time. Metadata for each individual include: Site, GLS ID, year, flipper tag number, season, sampling date, tissue type, whisker segment number, cumulative length along whisker of the segment, d15N, d13C, percentage N, percentage C and CN ratio.