Female Antarctic fur seal isotope data from Marion Island

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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Identification info

Alternate title
Female Antarctic fur seal isotope data from Marion Island
Date (Publication)
2017-08-14
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.4225/15/531FED6DCCE91

Originator

Hindell, M.A., Virtue, P., Lea, M.A., Walters, A., Besther, M., de Bruyn, P.J.N. and Oosthuizen, C.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

HINDELL, MARK A.
ANTARCTIC WILDLIFE R'SRCH UNIT
Department of Zoology
University of Tasmania
GPO BOX 252-05
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Principal investigator

VIRTUE, PATTI
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Principal investigator

LEA, MARY-ANNE
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Principal investigator

BESTER, MARTHAN
Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
Republic of South Africa

Principal investigator

DE BRUYN, PJ NICO
Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
Republic of South Africa

Principal investigator

OOSTHUIZEN, CHRIS
Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
Republic of South Africa

Collaborator

HINDELL, MARK A.
ANTARCTIC WILDLIFE R'SRCH UNIT
Department of Zoology
University of Tasmania
GPO BOX 252-05
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Collaborator

VIRTUE, PATTI
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Collaborator

LEA, MARY-ANNE
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Collaborator

WALTERS, ANDREA
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2940_Marion_Island_Isotopes

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
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

Extent

N
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E
W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2008-03-14 2008-12-10

Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2009-03-15 2009-12-31
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY
Keywords
  • Fur Seals
  • Isotopes
  • Tracking
  • Marion Island
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • FIELD INVESTIGATION
  • FIELD SURVEYS
  • LABORATORY
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

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=ASAC_2940_Marion_Island_Isotopes 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

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2017-08-14T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
9
Distribution format
  • ASCII, csv

OnLine resource
GET DATA

Download point for the data

OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for ASAC project 2940

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
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.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/ASAC_2940_Marion_Island_Isotopes

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

CONNELL, DAVE J.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC
Title
Parent Metadata Record
Citation identifier
ASAC_2940

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
5f9e5c69-d6c2-4e5d-9ef5-499d1c39f56d

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-29T18:41:23

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/ASAC_2940_Marion_Island_Isotopes

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2014-03-05T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-08-14

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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