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Behaviour of Weddell seals during winter recorded by satellite tracking.
This data set contains the results from a study of the behaviour of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddelli) at the Vestfold Hills, Prydz Bay, Antarctica. Three satellite transmitters were deployed on tagged female Weddell seals at the Vestfold Hills mid-winter (June) 1999. The transmitters were recovered in December, late in the pupping season. In total, the three transmitters were deployed and active 170 days, 175 days and 180 days. I used the first two classes of data to get fixes with a standard deviation less than 1 km. Most seal holes were more that 1 km apart (see Entry: wed_survey) so at this resolution we can distinguish between haul-out sites. We examine the number and range of locations used by the individual seals. We use all data collectively to look at diurnal and seasonal changes in haul-out bouts. None of the seals were located at sites outside the area of fast ice at the Vestfold Hills, although one seal was sighted on new fast-ice (20 - 40 cm thick). Considering the long bouts in the water, and that we only tracked haul-out locations, the results do not eliminate the possibility that the seals made long trips at sea.
The original data are stored by the Australian Antarctic Division in the ARGOS system on the mainframe Alpha. The transmitter numbers are 23453, 7074 and 7075.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Behaviour of Weddell seals during winter recorded by satellite tracking.
- Date (Publication)
- 2000-03-23
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1999-06-22 1999-12-06
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1999-06-09 1999-11-21
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1999-06-16 1999-12-06
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- SATELLITES
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- A copy of the map is available for download from the provided URL.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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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=wed_sat_99 when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Planned available datetime
- 2000-03-23T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 64
- Distribution format
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- PDF, Image
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA
Maps of location data for each seal, showing all hits of qualities two and three (Q2 and 3) and approximate dates of those satellite hits.
- OnLine resource
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Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- The precision of the location data were calculated to be 1 550 +/- 7 935 m latitude, and 2 017 +/- 1 033 m longitude. By using the top two qualities of data only (Q2 and 3), the precision was increased to 170 +/- 101 m latitude, and 172 +/- 137 m longitude. The maximum deviation from known location for Q2 and 3 data were 487 m latitude, and 1 000 m longitude.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2015-10-08 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct download URL.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/wed_sat_99
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 35a5fb99-7e25-4703-9447-257e380783a7
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-30T08:10:35
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/wed_sat_99
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2000-03-23T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2017-04-26
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
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