Weddell Seals of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; MAMMALS; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; CARNIVORES; Weddell Seal; TAGS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network; CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE; COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE; EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic; AMD/AU; OBIS/AADC; CEOS; AMD; ANTABIF; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year; IPY; Weddell Seals; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/weddell-seals-vestfold-hills-antarctica/686798; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00048; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/TAGS_Elephant_Seals; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=89; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=95; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/pubs/get_pub.cfm?pub_id=3086; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=199; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00048

Various studies have been conducted on Weddell Seals in the Vestfold Hills, with directed work beginning in 1973 with the initiation of a tagging program and occasional aerial censuses. The referenced documentation provides information, methods, results and discussion about seal tagging, breeding, s...