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Weddell Seals of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica

Australian Ocean Data Network
Burton, H. ; BURTON, HARRY
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Data are available from the referenced metadata record describing the elephant sea tagging database and summary results are available in the referenced documentation.

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Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00048 when using these data.

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This dataset contains the results from studies of the Weddell Seal (Lepotonychotes weddellii) in the Vestfold Hills region, Antarctica. Results from tagging surveys, photographs and aerial surveys since 1973 are reported. Numbers, life stage, sex, moult stage and migration patterns have been reported. Fecal samples have been collected and from the otoliths, vertebrae, cephalopod beaks and crustacean remains, the diets and feeding habits have been investigated. Many of the results are reported in the document.

This metadata record encompasses ASAC projects 89, 95 and 199 (ASAC_89, ASAC_95, ASAC_199).

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Progress Code: completed
Statement: Various studies have been conducted on Weddell Seals in the Vestfold Hills, with directed work beginning in 1973 with the initiation of a tagging program and occasional aerial censuses. The referenced documentation provides information, methods, results and discussion about seal tagging, breeding, seal movements, moulting, aerial censuses, and diet.

Data time period: 1983-02-07 to 1996-04-08

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AMD | AMD/AU | ANTABIF | CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE | CEOS | COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE | CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES | EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic | FIELD SURVEYS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR | OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM | OBIS/AADC | SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network | TAGS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | Weddell Seal | biota | oceans |

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See the metadata record for the Elephant Seal Tagging Dataset (EXTENDED METADATA)

uri : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/TAGS_Elephant_Seals

Public information for ASAC project 89 (PROJECT HOME PAGE)

uri : https://projects.aad.gov.au/search_projects_results.cfm?project_no=89

Public information for ASAC project 95 (PROJECT HOME PAGE)

uri : https://projects.aad.gov.au/search_projects_results.cfm?project_no=95

Download a copy of the referenced publication. (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS)

uri : http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/pubs/get_pub.cfm?pub_id=3086

Public information for ASAC project 199 (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION)

uri : https://projects.aad.gov.au/search_projects_results.cfm?project_no=199

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION)

uri : http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00048

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  • global : AADC-00048