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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... -
Commercial and Research Fish Catch database held by the Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset is primarily data collected by Fisheries Observers on Australian commercial fishing vessels targeting Patagonian Toothfish and Mackerel Icefish in the HIMI (Heard Island... -
Satellite Tracking of Adelie Penguins Around Mawson Station, Antarctica
This dataset contains the results from satellite tracking the movements of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) from Bechervaise Island near Mawson Station, Antarctica. By the... -
Detailed information on 196 grid sites used for snow petrel surveys in the...
Very little information is known about the distribution and abundance of snow petrels at the regional scale. This dataset contains locations of grid sites used to survey for... -
The Prydz Bay Adelie Penguin/Prey Stock Interaction, a Monitoring Program
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 106 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: This paper reports the... -
Distribution and abundance of breeding seabirds at Heard Island and the...
Distribution and abundance of breeding seabirds at Heard I and the McDonald Is. This dataset comprises a broad range of component datasets derived from ground surveys aerial... -
Venom on ice: Novel venoms from Antarctic marine animals.
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2897 See the link below for public details on this project. Public The aim of this multi-disciplinary proposal is to examine the... -
A GIS dataset of bird nests mapped in the Windmill Islands by Frederique...
Very little information is known about the distribution and abundance of snow petrels at the regional scale. This dataset contains locations of bird nests, mostly snow petrels,... -
Marine mammal acoustic survey data from sonobuoy deployments on the BROKE-WEST Survey
Data Acquisition: DIFAR (DIrectional Fixing And Ranging) 53D sonobuoys were deployed every 30 minutes of longitude during each of the north-south sampling transects as part of... -
Southern Elephant Seal Foraging in the Southern Ocean
Twenty three juvenile (8-14 months of age) southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) from Macquarie Island were tracked during 1993 and 1995. Migratory tracks and ocean... -
Environmental determinants of fecundity and pup growth in fur seals
This indicator is no longer maintained, and is considered OBSOLETE. INDICATOR DEFINITION The fecundity (pupping rates) of female fur seals and the growth rates of their pups... -
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... -
Food Consumption and Foraging Success of Free-ranging Southern Elephant Seals
Elephant seals use a suite of physiological and behavioural mechanisms to maximise the time they can be submerged. Of these hypo-metabolism is one of the most important, so this... -
Survey report 1995/96 summer Australian Antarctic Division Author - Tom...
Taken from sections of the report: Introduction The purpose of the 95/96 Antarctic survey season was to provide survey control and to acquire aerial photographs for topographic... -
Easily measured call attributes can detect vocal differences between Weddell...
Underwater vocalisations of Weddell seals were recorded at Casey (1997) and Davis (1992 and 1997) Antarctica. The goal of the study was to determine if it would be possible to... -
Giant Petrels Bibliography
Giant Petrels Bibliography compiled by Donna Patterson of the SCAR Bird Biology Subgroup, contains 113 records. The fields in this dataset are: year author title journal petrel -
Breeding biology of the Royal Penguin (Eudypted chrysolophus)at Macquarie...
The data are contained in a number of log books in hand written form (now scanned onto CD ROM. They were gathered according to a protocol updated annually by the Principal... -
Macquarie Island Cetacean Sightings and Strandings
This dataset is a record of sightings and strandings of cetaceans (mainly whales) at Macquarie Island. Results have been reported from 1968 to 1990 on an irregular basis. The... -
A snapshot of Heard Island data from 1901-2002
The snapshot (originally produced on CD for a conference) was produced by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre for distribution to Heard Island expeditioners in the 2003/2004... -
Survey report 1997/98 summer season Voyage 4 to 5 Australian Antarctic...
Taken from sections of the report: This report has been prepared as a supplement to the 1997/98 Survey Report by John Hyslop and contains solely comments and recommendations as...