Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island (1949 to 1960)

At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific survival was calculated.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	BURTON, HARRY (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WATTS, DAVE JOHN (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 SPECIES LIFE HISTORY BIOSPHERE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS POPULATION DYNAMICS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS ELEPHANT SEALS LENGTH ESTIMATES RESIGHTS TAGGING 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 GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt POLAR OCEAN &gt SOUTHERN OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Heard Island Indian Heard McDonald Islands Antarc* Elephant Seal Elephant Seals International Polar Year IPY walrus*
Online Access:	https://researchdata.ands.org.au/elephant-seal-sightings-1949-1960/701925 https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5b35cea358e76 https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Tags_heard_1949 http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Description
Summary:	At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific survival was calculated.