Weddell Seals of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica

This dataset contains the results from studies of the Weddell Seal (Lepotonychotes weddellii) in the Vestfold Hills region, Antarctica. Results from tagging surveys, photographs and aerial surveys since 1973 are reported. Numbers, life stage, sex, moult stage and migration patterns have been reporte...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: BURTON, HARRY (hasPrincipalInvestigator), BURTON, HARRY (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
oceans
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
MAMMALS
SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
CARNIVORES
Weddell Seal
TAGS
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
FIELD SURVEYS
OBIS &gt
OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
IPY &gt
INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
SCAR-MARBIN &gt
SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network
CAML &gt
CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE
COML &gt
CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE
EBA &gt
Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
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/698735
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00048
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:This dataset contains the results from studies of the Weddell Seal (Lepotonychotes weddellii) in the Vestfold Hills region, Antarctica. Results from tagging surveys, photographs and aerial surveys since 1973 are reported. Numbers, life stage, sex, moult stage and migration patterns have been reported. Fecal samples have been collected and from the otoliths, vertebrae, cephalopod beaks and crustacean remains, the diets and feeding habits have been investigated. Many of the results are reported in the document. This metadata record encompasses ASAC projects 89, 95 and 199 (ASAC_89, ASAC_95, ASAC_199).

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