Vertebrate Ecologists Report, Davis, Casey and Heard Island 1986 - Nick Gales

• Other Authors: GALES, NICK (hasPrincipalInvestigator), GALES, NICK (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; PENGUINS; BIRDS; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; Antarctic; Casey Station; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Heard Island; Southern Ocean; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Emperor penguins; Giant Petrels; Southern Elephant Seal; Weddell Seals; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/vertebrate-ecologists-report-nick-gales/701969; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/576746B9991D8; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Vertebrate_Ecologist_Davis_1986; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Scanned copy of the report by the vertebrate ecologist (Nick Gales) at Davis Station in 1986. Work was also carried out at Casey Station and Heard Island. The report includes information on: Elephant Seals - Census and tagging programme - Past status of the southern elephant seal of the Vestfold Hills - Evaluation of blubber thickness - Electroejaculation programme - Casey census Weddell Seals - Dietary Study - Tagging programme Immobilisation of Antarctic seals Emperor Penguins - Energetic study - Dietary Study Adelie penguins - Dietary study - Census, chick banding and weighing General ornithology - Antarctic petrels and southern fulmars - Southern giant petrels Heard Island Work - Elephant seal census - Evaluation of blubber thickness - Electrophoresis programme