Distribution and abundance of seabirds in the Southern Indian Ocean, 1978/1979+

• Other Authors: WOEHLER, ERIC (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WOEHLER, ERIC (processor), RAYMOND, BEN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), RAYMOND, BEN (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIRDS; ALBATROSS; PETREL; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; 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; OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Heard Island; Prydz Bay; Indian; Antarctic Ocean; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; International Polar Year; IPY; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/distribution-abundance-seabirds-ocean-19781979/699781; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5643E8C0743C2; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2208_seabirds; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This dataset comprises data on the distribution and abundance of seabirds in the Southern Indian Ocean. A database of seal, whale and bird observations made from ships since the 1978/1979 austral summer shipping season. Observations are typically made from the bridge out one side of the ship. Data h...