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Anaesthetics and Ecology of the Southern Elephant Sea at Macquarie Island and Heard Island

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Updated 23/06/2025

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A variety of different chemical restraints, or anaesthetics, were trialed on Southern Elephant Seals at Heard Island and Macquarie Island. The trials were performed on female and juvenile seals, in their pre-moult stages. Further information can be found in the papers listed in the reference section below. The chemicals used in this study include: doxapram ketamine xylazine midazolam pethidine thiopentone cyclohexamine based compounds diazepam tiletamine zolazepam 4-aminopyridine Sarmazenil Yohimbine The fields in this dataset are: Anaesthetic Antagonist Dose Mass Time Heart Rate Respiratory Rate Side Effects pH PvO2 PvCO2 HCO3 Total CO2

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Title Anaesthetics and Ecology of the Southern Elephant Sea at Macquarie Island and Heard Island
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/798107e9-aaf7-4259-9e22-66b4dccf7bc9
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/07/1992 - 30/08/1992
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    72.0,
    -53.0
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Anaesthetics and Ecology of the Southern Elephant Sea at Macquarie Island and Heard Island". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/anaesthetics-and-ecology-of-the-southern-elephant-sea-at-macquarie-island-and-heard-island