Brief description
To quantify the dietary preferences and trophic level consumption of post-breeding adult female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), we analysed the carbon:nitrogen composition of whiskers and blood samples from the females. Females were captured towards the end of the lactation period (March/April) and whiskers and a blood sample were collected at this time. Females were generally recaptured just prior to or after giving birth the following season and a further whisker and blood sample were collected at this time. Metadata for each individual include: Site, GLS ID, year, flipper tag number, season, sampling date, tissue type, whisker segment number, cumulative length along whisker of the segment, d15N, d13C, percentage N, percentage C and CN ratio.Issued: 2014-03-05
Data time period: 2008-01-24 to 2008-12-18
Data time period: 2009-01-18 to 2009-12-30
text: northlimit=-62.45; southlimit=-62.45; westlimit=-60.783; eastLimit=-60.783; projection=WGS84
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- URI : data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2940_Cape_Shirreff_Isotopes
- Local : ASAC_2940_Cape_Shirreff_Isotopes
- DOI : 10.4225/15/531FEA8C3B94B
- global : 8b94508a-5240-4ceb-a57a-c4146c28cf23