Antarctic Fur Seal pup weight at Maiviken, South Georgia, from 2009 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"; Antarctic Fur seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Bird Island; Pup weight; Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; Maiviken; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; British Antarctic Survey; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/bc6d802a-fce5-495d-b5e1-bb26f824847c; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01184

Since 2009, the weights of male and female Antarctic Fur Seal pups from the Maiviken area on South Georgia have been monitored. 100 pups are randomly sampled from two areas, tussock and beach, at the start of January, February and March. This work was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (...