Seals report for Wilkes Station, 1968

• Other Authors: CONNELL, DAVE J. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), CONNELL, DAVE J. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; Wilkes; Weddell Seals; Leopard Seals; Elephant Seals; Crabeater Seals; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Herring Island; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Australian Antarctic Division; Weddell Seal; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/seals-report-wilkes-station-1968/700587; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/54E293728C377; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Biology_Log_Wilkes_Weddells_1968; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This file contains a report from Wilkes station in 1968 detailing the numbers of seals killed for dog food. The seals killed were primarily Weddell seals, but some information about leopard, crabeater and elephant seals is also provided. The file also contains some information on the Weddell seal population off Herring Island in 1972. The hard copy of the file has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.