Dataset

Weddell Seal census, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

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Census counts of Weddell seals resting/breeding on sea-ice or land in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica (1983 to 1996). Census taken from aerial photographs and matched to a one by one kilometre grid.

Citation: See metadata record http://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00048

Published: May 13, 2021 at 05:19

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

DATA OFFICER AADC
Australian Antarctic Division

Harry Burton

4,603
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 4,603
100.0%
decimalLatitude 1
0.0%
decimalLongitude 7
0.2%
eventDate 4,603
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 4,603
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 4,603
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 112
2.4%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 4,603
100.0%
ON_LAND 998
21.7%
NO_COORD 8
0.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data