Metadata details
ASAC_2940_Bird_Island_Isotopes
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- Citation
- Hindell, M.A., Virtue, P., Lea, M.A., Walters, A., Trathan, P., Staniland, I., Malone, D., and Edwards, E. (2017) Bird Island female Antarctic fur seal geolocation tracking data - Isotope Data, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/531FD9491D0AF, Accessed: 2026-05-13
- Title
- Bird Island female Antarctic fur seal geolocation tracking data - Isotope Data
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/531FD9491D0AF
- Created Date
- 2014-03-04
- Revision Date
- 2017-08-14
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2017-08-14
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- ASAC_2940
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
To quantify the dietary preferences and trophic level consumption of post-breeding adult female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), we analysed the carbon:nitrogen composition of whiskers and blood samples from the females. Females were captured towards the end of the lactation period (March/April) and whiskers and a blood sample were collected at this time. Females were generally recaptured just prior to or after giving birth the following season and a further whisker and blood sample were collected at this time.
Metadata for each individual include:
Site, GLS ID, year, flipper tag number, season, sampling date, tissue type, whisker segment number, cumulative length along whisker of the segment, d15N, d13C, percentage N, percentage C and CN ratio.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2008-03-14 - Stop date: 2009-01-04
- Start date: 2009-01-15 - Stop date: 2009-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY
Additional Keywords
- Fur Seals
- Geolocation
- Tracking
- South Georgia
- Bird Island
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
- LABORATORY
Instruments
- None
Researchers
- hindell, mark (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- virtue, patti (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- lea, mary-anne (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- walters, andrea (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- trathan, phil (INVESTIGATOR)
- staniland, iain (INVESTIGATOR)
- malone, donald (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- edwards, ewan (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- connell, dave (DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2940_Bird_Island_Isotopes when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- BIOTA
- OCEANS
Dataset Language
- ENGLISH
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
Metadata Revision History
2014-03-05 - record created by Dave Connell from a template completed by Mary-Anne Lea. 2014-03-12 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a dataset DOI. 2016-08-30 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2017-08-14 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data.
