Distribution, Abundance and Biology of the Crabeater Seal Lobodon Carcinop Hagus in the Pack Ice Region of the Australian Antarctic Territory

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 378 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of the referenced paper: Observations on five groups of crabeater seals were conducted between 29 October and 17 November 1985 in the Antarctic pack ice near 66 degrees S 50 degree...

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Other Authors: SOUTHWELL, COLIN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), SOUTHWELL, COLIN (processor), KERRY, KNOWLES (processor), SHAUGHNESSY, PETER (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
oceans
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
MAMMALS
CARNIVORES
SPECIES LIFE HISTORY
BIOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
Lobodon Carcinophagus
Crabeater Seal
Lactation period
Pup growth rate
Aircraft
HELICOPTER
FIELD SURVEYS
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Antarctic
Australian Antarctic Territory
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Crabeater Seals
Enderby Land
Lobodon carcinophagus
walrus*
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/distribution-abundance-biology-antarctic-territory/700149
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_378
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 378 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of the referenced paper: Observations on five groups of crabeater seals were conducted between 29 October and 17 November 1985 in the Antarctic pack ice near 66 degrees S 50 degrees E, off Enderby Land. The pups studied were born in the last half of October. Two of them increased in weight at a rate of approximately 4.2kg per day. The lactation period was 2-3 weeks and thus is one of the breifest among pinnipeds. Pups decreased in weight after weaning. The only pup visited after it left the natal floe must have been feeding, as it had only lost 2kg in a 10-day period during which it moved 13 km. Molt of lanugo appeared to be influenced by more a pups weight than by whether or not it was weaned.

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