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Annual population estimates of Southern Elephant Seals at Macquarie Island...
INDICATOR DEFINITION Count of all adult females, fully weaned pups and dead pups hauled out on, or close to, the day of maximum cow numbers, set for October 15. TYPE OF... -
Subset of data from the TAGS database of known age seals - Leopard Seals
This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (leopard) from observations across the Southern Ocean but primarily focussed on Macquarie Island. Although the... -
Royal Penguins at Macquarie Island
This dataset contains the results from surveys of Royal Penguins (Eudyptes schegeli) on Macquarie Island. The surveys were conducted between May 1984 and January 1985. The total... -
Macquarie Island Seals GIS Dataset.
Seal colonies on Macquarie Island. This is a polygon dataset stored in the Geographical Information System (GIS). Attributes include the species name and whether breeding occurs... -
Antarctic Climate Data Collected by Australian Agencies
NOTE - to access these data, please contact the AADC. The data can only be made available on request. This record provides a listing of meteorological data collected in the... -
Structure and geochemistry of Macquarie Island oceanic crust
Owing to the fact that the principal investigator died before data were able to be archived, the only available data are in the form of the referenced paper, which is available... -
Subset of data from the TAGS database of known age seals - Elephant Seals
This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (Southern elephant) from observations across the Southern Ocean but focussed on Macquarie Island, Marion Island,... -
12,000 year record of sea spray and minerogenic input from Emerald Lake,...
Reconstructed sea spray and minerogenic data for a 12,000 year lake sediment record from Emerald Lake, Macquarie Island. Proxies are based on biological (diatoms) and... -
Seal database of known-age animals from the Antarctic and subantarctic Southern Ocean
This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (Weddell and Southern elephant) from observations across the Southern Ocean but focussed on Macquarie Island,... -
Macquarie Island: A window into the oceanic crust and upper mantle
Because of the inaccessibility of the deep-ocean floor, our knowledge about the composition and structure of the oceanic crust is very limited. Macquarie Island is the only... -
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... -
The Annual Cycle of Reproductive and Stress Hormones in the Gentoo Penguins...
The only work that went ahead as part of this ASAC project was to look at Penguins restraint and stress level (see the referenced paper below). From the paper: During most... -
Periodicity in foraging areas of leopard seals in the region south of...
---- Public Summary from Project ---- Leopard seals are usually seen in the pack-ice where they pup on the ice and where they must first face life at sea. However at Macquarie... -
Effects of human activity on Gentoo penguins on Macquarie Island
This project empirically measures the effects of human activity on the behaviour and reproductive success of Gentoo penguins on Macquarie Island. This was achieved by 1)... -
Assessment of the impact of human sewage effluent on benthic communities at...
Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 996 See the link below for public details on this project. The study investigated the effects of the small sewage outfall on... -
Macquarie Island Penguin Colonies GIS Dataset
This is a polygon GIS dataset representing penguin colonies on Macquarie Island. The penguin species include Gentoo, King, Rockhopper and Royal. -
Origins and Biological Accumulation of Small Plastic Particles in Fur Seals...
From the abstract of the referenced paper: One hundred and sixty four plastic particles (mean length 4.1 mm) recovered from the scats of fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.) on... -
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 Flying Birds GIS Dataset.
Flying bird breeding colonies on Macquarie Island. This is a polygon dataset stored in the Geographical Information System (GIS). Attributes include the species name and the... -
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...