Notes on the Iron Content of the Blood and Liver of some Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Animals

• 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; ANIMAL NO; ANTARCTIC; BLOOD; BLOOD FE (UG/ML); COMMENTS; COMMON NAME; DATE; DETAILS; DUCK; FOWL; HAEMO-SIDERIN IN LIVER; HAEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON CONTENT BLOOD (MICRO GRAMS PER ML); IRON CONTENT LIVER (PPM ON DRY MATTER); LIVER; LIVER FE (P.P.M. ON DRY LIVER); LOCALITY; NO. OF SAMPLES; PENGUINS; PETRELS; RABBIT; SCIENTIFIC NAME; SEALS; SHEEP; SKUAS; SPECIALS; SUBANTARCTIC; TAXON ID; WHALES; MICROSCOPES; LABORATORY; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > Brisbane; Albany; Carnarvon; ANTARCTICA > Mawson; Sandefjord Bay; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Heard Island; New Zealand; Weddell; Heard; McDonald Islands; Beck; Bradshaw; Sandefjord; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seals; Leopard Seal; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/notes-iron-content-antarctic-animals/687355; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/iron_liver; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/1097/download; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=iron_liver

Introduction: During the seasons of 1954-1956 samples of liver and blood were collected from animals at Heard Island and Antarctica by members of the Australian Antarctic Expeditions. These samples were obtained primarily for determination of copper levels (see reference). Iron determinations were m...