Dataset

Antarctic Fur Seal Populations on Heard Island Summer 1987-1988

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This dataset contains the results from surveys of Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) on Heard Island during the summer of 1987-1988. As well as habitat descriptions, age, sex, count of adults and pups were determined. The three major aims of the study include: to determine accurately the location of pupping sites; to determine the extent of the pupping season, the median date of birth and the number of pups born; and to census fur seals on as much of the island as possible in order to determine the number of animals ashore and to document changes in numbers during the summer.

Citation: See metadata record See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00009

Published: May 12, 2021 at 23:26

URL: https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/resource?r=furseals_hi

Simon Goldsworthy
South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre

DATA OFFICER AADC
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

462
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

No missing or invalid fields.

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 255
55.2%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 26
5.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data