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ASAC_2940_Cape_Shirreff_Isotopes

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Citation
Hindell, M.A., Virtue, P., Lea, M.A., Walters, A. and Goebel, M. (2017) Cape Shirreff female Antarctic fur seal stable isotope data, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/531FEA8C3B94B, Accessed: 2026-05-13
Title
Cape Shirreff female Antarctic fur seal stable isotope data
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/531FEA8C3B94B
Created Date
2014-03-05
Revision Date
2017-08-14
Expected Date of Data Release
2017-08-14
Data Version
1
Parent record
ASAC_2940

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    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.

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    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude: -62.45

    Longitude: -60.783

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • Fur Seals
    • Geolocation
    • Tracking
    • Cape Shirreff
    • Livingston Island

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

    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)
    • goebel, michael (INVESTIGATOR,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_Cape_Shirreff_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

        2014-03-06 - 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 - basic updates.

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