Collection Details

Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island View list of biodiversity data collections

©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2002 Catalogue id IA8826 Caption Large group of male Southern Elephant Seals, Mirounga leonina, sleep in the windblown sands of the beach adjoining Paddick Valley, Heard Island. Photographer Kiefer, Kate

Collection Details

Custodian

Harry Burton

Collection Acronym

Ellie-Heard

Description

At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific survival was calculated.

Domain

Marine

Taxa Groups

Seals,

List 1 taxa from this collection

Collection Status

Data collection complete

Acknowledgements

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Resource Code: -	ellie_sightings_heard
Resource Name: -	Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island
Keywords: -	elephant seals, tagging, length estimates, resights
Basis of Record: -	Observation

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Linked to the following Bioregions

Subantarctic Island - Heard Island

Data Details

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Spatial Coverage

52° 57' 57.6" S to 53° 11' 16.8" S	|	-52.9660° to -53.1880°
73° 16' 58.8" E to 73° 46' 58.8" E	|	73.2830° to 73.7830°

Date Range of Collection

1-Jan-1949 to 1-Jan-1960

Metadata

Tags_heard_1949 - Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island (1949 to 1960)