Report on the vertebrate biology of Macquarie Island in 1988 by David Slip

• 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; PENGUINS; BIRDS; OCEAN CONTAMINANTS; WATER QUALITY; CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CENSUS; BLOOD CHEMSITRY; TAGGING; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; Southern Ocean; Elephant Seal; Leopard Seals; Macquarie Island; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/report-vertebrate-biology-david-slip/687241; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Vertebrate_Biology_MI_1988; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=4617; https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Vertebrate_Biology_MI_1988

The quality of the scanned pages may vary. An OCR process has been run over the document. This is a scanned copy of the vertebrate biology report from Macquarie Island by David Slip. The report was split into two documents, and has been scanned as such. The topics covered in the report include: - Elephant seal census - Elephant seal tagging program - Resights of tagged seals - Electrophoretic studies - Blood chemistry - Time depth recorders and satellite telemetry deployment - Pup and weaner weights - Calculation of body fat - Anesthetics - Examination of diet through stomach lavaging - Leopard seals - Survey of marine debris