Leopard and Weddell seal program - health status

Blood samples from 35 seals have been collected for serum biochemistry analysis.

Scats from 20 animals have been collected for parasitology. Estimated weights and morphometric measurements from 35 animals have been collected.


The data for this project are presented in a number of excel worksheets. In addition, a word document is also included in the download file which fully explains each spreadsheet. A precis of that word document is copied below.


Haematology


Data from haematological analysis performed on fresh whole blood collected from leopard seals between 27.12.1999-22.01.2002 and Weddell seals between 02.01.2001-21.01.2002 off Davis Station in the Austral summer seasons of 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002.


Serum protein electrophoresis (SPE)


Data from SPE analysis performed on serum (stored at -80 degrees C) collected from leopard seals between 27.12.1999-22.01.2002 and Weddell seals between 02.01.2001-21.01.2002 off Davis Station in the Austral summer seasons of 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002.


Serum Biochemistry


Data from biochemistry analysis performed on serum (stored at -80 degrees C) collected from leopard seals between 27.12.1999-22.01.2002 and Weddell seals between 02.01.2001-21.01.2002 off Davis Station in the Austral summer seasons of 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002.


Trace element and heavy metal analysis


Data from trace element and heavy metal analysis performed on serum (-80 degrees C), fur, frozen (-20 degrees C) and formalin (10%) fixed tissues, plasma (-80 degrees C), EDTA plasma (-80 degrees C), washed red blood cells (-80 degrees C) and urine (-20 degrees C) collected from leopard seals between 27.12.1999-17.02.2002 and Weddell seals between 02.01.2001-21.01.2002 off Davis Station in the Austral summer seasons of 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy.


The spreadsheet is organised into six worksheets:


1.Serum (micro g/L)

2.Fur (micro g/g dry weight)

3.Frozen tissues (micro g/g dry weight)

4.Plasma and RBC (red blood cells) (micro g/L)

5.Urine (micro g/L)

6.Formalin tissues (micro g/g dry weight)


Faecal Parasites


Data from faecal flotation in saturated salt solution performed on fresh and frozen (- 20 degrees C) scats collected from leopard seals between 23.11.1999-17.02.2002 and Weddell seals between 06.12.2000-16.01.2002 off Davis Station in the Austral summer seasons of 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002.


The fields in this dataset are:


Glucose

Urea

Creatinine

Fibrinogen

Protein

Albumin

Globulin

Bilirubin

ALP

AST

ALT

Creatinine Kinase

Cholesterol

Calcium

Phosphate

Sodium

Potassium

Chloride

Bicarbonate

Anion Gap

Amylase

Lipase

Date

Faeces

Cestode eggs

Ascarid Eggs

PCV

WCC

Neutrophil

Eosinophil

Basophil

Lymphocyte

Monocyte

Band Neutrophil

Serum

Magnesium

Aluminium

Vandium

Chromium

Manganese

Iron

Cobalt

Nickel

Copper

Zinc

Arsenic

Selenium

Cadmium

Mercury

Lead

Bismuth

Date

Simple

Identification info

Alternate title
Leopard and Weddell seal program - health status
Date (Publication)
2008-03-28
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:10.26179/5c57ae4f3f35f

Originator

Rogers, T., Hogg, C. and Gray, R.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

ROGERS, TRACEY
University of New South Wales
Sydney
New South Wales
2052
Australia

Collaborator

HOGG, CAROLYN
University of Sydney
New South Wales
2006
Australia

Collaborator

GRAY, RACHAEL
University of Sydney
New South Wales
2006
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Health_seals

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
S
E
W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1999-11-23 2002-02-17
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS
Keywords
  • ALBUMIN
  • ALP
  • ALT
  • ALUMINIUM
  • AMYLASE
  • ANION GAP
  • ARSENIC
  • ASCARID EGGS
  • AST
  • BAND NEUTROPHIL
  • BASOPHIL
  • BICARBONATE
  • BILIRUBIN
  • BISMUTH
  • CADMIUM
  • CALCIUM
  • CESTODE EGGS
  • CHOLESTEROL
  • CHLORIDE
  • CHROMIUM
  • CREATININE
  • COBALT
  • COPPER
  • CREATININE KINASE
  • DATE
  • EOSINOPHIL
  • FAECES
  • FIBRINOGEN
  • GLOBULIN
  • HEALTH
  • GLUCOSE
  • IMMUNOLOGY
  • IRON
  • LEAD
  • LIPASE
  • LYMPHOCYTE
  • MAGNESIUM
  • MERCURY
  • MANGANESE
  • MONOCYTE
  • MORPHOMETRICS
  • NICKEL
  • NEUTROPHIL
  • PARASITOLOGY
  • PCV
  • PHOSPHATE
  • PROTEIN
  • POTASSIUM
  • SELENIUM
  • SEROLOGY
  • SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY
  • SERUM
  • SODIUM
  • UREA
  • VANDIUM
  • VIROLOGY
  • WCC
  • WEIGHT
  • ZINC
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • FIELD SURVEYS
  • FIELD INVESTIGATION
  • LABORATORY
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
This dataset is 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=Health_seals 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
2008-03-28T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
68
Distribution format
  • excel, word

OnLine resource
GET DATA

Download point for the data

OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for ASAC project 1144

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2008-03-28 - record updated by Dave Connell - data are now publicly available, and Tracey Roger's contact details have changed slightly. 2010-12-22 - record updated by Dave Connell to update the use constraints. 2019-02-04 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/Health_seals

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

ROGERS, TRACEY
University of New South Wales
Sydney
New South Wales
2052
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
ca79b1d5-8adf-4de9-8bf7-537bc71037a1

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2019-02-04T14:00:39

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/Health_seals

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
1999-10-07T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2019-02-04

Metadata standard

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

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