Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island

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Latest version published by Australian Antarctic Data Centre on Jan 20, 2015 Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Publication date:
20 January 2015

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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.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

See metadata record http://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tags_heard_1949

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 82e0ee52-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a.  Australian Antarctic Data Centre publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Atlas of Living Australia.

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Contacts

Ben Raymond
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Ben Raymond
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Geographic Coverage

Heard Island, Indian Ocean

Bounding Coordinates South West [-53.19, 73.3], North East [-52.96, 73.74]

Project Data

No Description available

Title Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island

The personnel involved in the project:

Harry Burton
  • Principal Investigator

Collection Data

Collection Name Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island
Collection Identifier http://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tags_heard_1949
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 82e0ee52-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
http://services.data.antarctica.gov.au/ipt/resource.do?r=ellie_sightings_heard