Weddell Seals of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica

This dataset contains the results from studies of the Weddell Seal (Lepotonychotes weddellii) in the Vestfold Hills region, Antarctica. Results from tagging surveys, photographs and aerial surveys since 1973 are reported. Numbers, life stage, sex, moult stage and migration patterns have been reported. Fecal samples have been collected and from the otoliths, vertebrae, cephalopod beaks and crustacean remains, the diets and feeding habits have been investigated. Many of the results are reported in the document.

This metadata record encompasses ASAC projects 89, 95 and 199 (ASAC_89, ASAC_95, ASAC_199).

Identification info

Alternate title: Weddell Seals of the Vestfold Hills Antarctica

Date (Publication): 1999-10-07

Edition: 1

Originator

Burton, H.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

BURTON, HARRY

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

Collaborator

BURTON, HARRY

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

Name: CAASM Metadata

Website: https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00048

Status: Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

+61 3 6232 3244

+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Topic category

Biota
Oceans

Extent

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Extent

Description: Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod: 1983-02-07 1996-04-08

Title: Studies of the Weddell seal in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica.

Date (Publication): 1995

Citation identifier: 93

Author

Green, K., Burton, H.R. and Watts, D.J.

Name: ANARE Research Notes

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES

Keywords

Weddell Seal
TAGS

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

FIELD SURVEYS

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network
CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE
COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE
EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

AMD/AU
OBIS/AADC
CEOS
AMD
ANTABIF

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation: This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints: licence

Other constraints: Data are available from the referenced metadata record describing the elephant sea tagging database and summary results are available in the referenced documentation.

Resource constraints

File type: Portable Network Graphic

Linkage: Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Website: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license

Use constraints: licence

Other 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=AADC-00048 when using these data.

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

+61 3 6232 3244

+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Distributor

Fees: free

Planned available datetime: 1999-10-07T00:00:00

OnLine resource: EXTENDED METADATA
See the metadata record for the Elephant Seal Tagging Dataset

OnLine resource: PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 89

OnLine resource: PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 95

OnLine resource: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS
Download a copy of the referenced publication.

OnLine resource: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Public information for ASAC project 199

OnLine resource: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Resource lineage

Statement: Various studies have been conducted on Weddell Seals in the Vestfold Hills, with directed work beginning in 1973 with the initiation of a tagging program and occasional aerial censuses. The referenced documentation provides information, methods, results and discussion about seal tagging, breeding, seal movements, moulting, aerial censuses, and diet.

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Maintenance note: Metadata record updated by Alicja Mosbauer 2008-03-05. 2008-06-13 - record updated by Dave Connell - link to TAGS database added. 2009-02-26 - record modified by Dave Connell to remove IPY fields. 2014-09-08 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2019-06-17 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier: string/AADC-00048

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Author

BURTON, HARRY

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope: Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title: gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd

Citation identifier: 34cc519d-64b5-4be9-ba26-180fe19e7b51

Alternative metadata reference

Title: gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd

Date (Last Revision): 2019-06-17T11:56:10

Identifier

Description: metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title: gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd

Citation identifier: 8.6

Metadata linkage: http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00048
Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation): 1999-10-07T00:00:00

Date info (Last Update): 2019-06-17

Metadata standard

Title: ISO 19115-3

Edition: 2014

Other citation details: Version 1

Title: DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile

Overviews

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