Collection Details

Antarctic Fur Seal Populations on Heard Island Summer 1987-1988 View list of biodiversity data collections

©Gales, Nick 2003 Catalogue id 10144C2 Photographer Gales, Nick

Collection Details

Custodian

Simon Goldsworthy

Collection Acronym

HIFUR

Description

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.

Domain

Marine

Taxa Groups

Seals,

List 1 taxa from this collection

Collection Status

Data collection complete

DiGIR Details

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Resource Code: -	furseals_hi
Resource Name: -	Antarctic Fur Seal Populations on Heard Island Summer 1987-1988
Keywords: -	age class, bulls, census, cows, heard island, pups, southern ocean
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' 58.7" S to 53° 11' 19.3" S	|	-52.9663° to -53.1887°
73° 18' 19.8" E to 73° 51' 00.0" E	|	73.3055° to 73.8500°

Date Range of Collection

25-Nov-1987 to 20-Dec-2006

Metadata

AADC-00009 - Antarctic Fur Seal Populations on Heard Island Summer 1987-1988
Heard_Island_Report_1987_1988 - The 1987/1988 Field Season at Heard Island