Vertebrate Ecologists report from Davis Station 1987 - Michael Whitehead

• Other Authors: WHITEHEAD, MICHAEL (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WHITEHEAD, MICHAEL (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; PENGUINS; BIRDS; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; SURVIVAL RATES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; ECOLOGY; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Amanda Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seals; Emperor penguins; Giant Petrel; Weddell Seals; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/vertebrate-ecologists-report-michael-whitehead/701970; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/576749AC64E6E; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Vertebrate_Ecologist_Davis_1987; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This is a scanned copy of the Vertebrate Ecologists report from Davis Station, 1987. The report was written by Michael Whitehead. The report covers: Elephant Seals - Census and tagging program Weddell Seals - Adult resight and pup tagging programs Adelie Penguins - Monitoring population size (aerial photographic survey, and ground survey/pattern of occupation of colonies) - Diet study - Survival/mortality study of eggs and chicks - Seasonal fluctuation in adult condition and chick growth - Energetics studies - Swimming behaviour - Food availability Emperor Penguins - Diet study - Amanda Bay census Seabird studies - Southern Giant Petrel censusing and banding - Rauer Island seabirds (reference breeding group counts/banding and 1987/88 Rauers program)