Seabird, plankton, seal and cetacean observations, IWC IDCR cruise 1984/85

• Other Authors: WOEHLER, ERIC (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WOEHLER, ERIC (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; BIRDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; PENGUINS; WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; ZOOPLANKTON; BIOSPHERE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; PLANKTON; BALEEN WHALES; CETACEANS; TOOTHED WHALES; Whales; Seabirds; Seals; IWC; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Southern Ocean; baleen whales; minke whale; toothed whales; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/seabird-plankton-seal-cruise-198485/700916; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Ensor_IWC_data; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

These notes present a summary of observations on seabirds, seals and plankton conducted from the vessel Kyo Maru No 27 during the seventh International Decade of Cetacean Research Southern Hemisphere Minke Whale Assessment cruise. The cruise was conducted under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to whom Paul Ensor was contracted as a consultant. The information presented here are personal observations only; recorded outside normal research hours or in such a manner that his participation in the cetacean research was not compromised.