Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island (1949 to 1960)

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SPECIES LIFE HISTORY; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ELEPHANT SEALS; LENGTH ESTIMATES; RESIGHTS; TAGGING; 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; CEOS; AMD; OBIS/AADC; ANTABIF; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Heard; Heard Island; Indian; McDonald Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; International Polar Year; IPY; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/elephant-seal-sightings-1949-1960/687218; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Tags_heard_1949; http://iobis.org/mapper/; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/4688/download; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Tags_heard_1949

Data were transcribed from paper cards into a database long after field data were collected. Data are therefore of unknown quality. At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific survival was calculated.