Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tracking of Antarctic Fur Seals at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1995 - 2010

• Main Authors: Staniland, Iain, Waluda, Claire, Forcada, Jaume
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation 2020
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS","DIURNAL MOVEMENTS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS","SPECIES PREDATION"; Antarctic Fur Seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Bird Island; PTT tag; Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/224003cc-8f77-4980-8cac-5574e179e4f8; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01220

Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tags were used to track Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) from Bird Island, South Georgia, 1995-2010. PTT tags use the ARGOS satellite system to collect geospatial data. Tags were deployed on breeding females during the summer, to provide information on...