Antarctic Fur seal pup weight at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1973 to 2020

• Main Author: Forcada, Jaume
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2021
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","MAMMALS","CARNIVORES","SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS","SPECIES LIFE HISTORY"; Antarctic Fur seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Bird Island; pup mass; Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; Main Bay; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; British Antarctic Survey; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/692fb625-ea99-4896-8354-b4da490535bb; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00334

The weight of Antarctic fur seal pups at Main Bay on Bird Island have been measured since 1973. 50 pups on the beach and 50 pups in the Tussac grass at the back of the beach are sexed and weighed in January, February and March each year. This work was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (...