Vestfold Hills, Davis station southern elephant seal numbers 1957-2022

• 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 > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL > BEACHES; ELEPHANT SEALS; COUNTS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS > FIELD SURVEYS; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DAVIS STATION; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/vestfold-hills-davis-1957-2022/2823267

Progress Code: completed Statement: There were no problems with the data set. The data describe seasonal changes in numbers of southern elephant seals observed on the beach adjacent to Davis station. Count data were collected by various Davis station expeditioners. Counts were made each southern elephant seal moulting season between January 1957 and March 2022. The data are published in the manuscript entitled, "Declining numbers of male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina Pinnipedia: Phocidae, Linnaeus, 1758) at the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica (1957 – 2022) in the journal Antarctic Science". Data available: excel files containing dates and numbers of seals counted on those dates.