Occurrence

Weddell Seal census, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

Latest version published by Australian Antarctic Data Centre on 13 May 2021 Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Publication date:
13 May 2021
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

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.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 4,603 records.

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Versions

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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/AADC-00048

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Australian Antarctic Data Centre. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 82dea548-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.

Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Harry R. Burton
  • Originator
AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
7050 Kingston
Tasmania
AU
+61362323407
DATA OFFICER AADC
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
DATA CENTER CONTACT
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
7050 Kingston
Tasmania
AU
+61 3 6232 3244

Geographic Coverage

Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

Bounding Coordinates South West [-68.7, 77.81], North East [-67.28, 79.55]

Project Data

No Description available

Title Weddell Seal census, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

The personnel involved in the project:

Harry Burton
  • Principal Investigator

Collection Data

Collection Name Weddell Seal census, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica
Collection Identifier http://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00048
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable

Additional Metadata

Marine, harvested by OBIS.

Alternative Identifiers 82dea548-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/resource?r=weddell_census