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Weddell Seals of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica

Australian Antarctic Data Centre
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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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).

Issued: 1999-10-07

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

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

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