Counts of Antarctic Fur Seals at Maiviken, South Georgia, from 2008 to 2020

• Main Authors: Hollyman, Philip, Trathan, Philip, Collins, Martin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2021
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","COMMUNITY DYNAMICS","INDICATOR SPECIES"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS","SPECIES LIFE HISTORY"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","MAMMALS","CARNIVORES","SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES"; Annual count; Antarctic Fur Seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; King Edward Point; Maiviken; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; British Antarctic Survey; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/41bfd98c-1a36-4689-a578-ad584426f9d2; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01192

Eight Antarctic Fur seal rookeries near King Edward Point on South Georgia have been monitored since 2008. The colonies (Burnet1, Burnet2, Burnet2, Little, Poa1, Poa2, Poa3 and Tortula) are surveyed frequently between November and January. The number of males, females, pups and juveniles are recorde...