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Diving Physiology and Energy Requirements of Free Ranging Southern Elephant Seals

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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Southern elephant seals are among the deepest diving of all marine mammals. This study examined physiological and behavioural mechanisms used by the seals to conserve energy while diving and estimated metabolic rate. Data were collected on Time Depth Recorders (TDRs), and stored in hexadecimal format. Hexadecimal files can be read using 'Instrument Helper', a free download from Wildlife Computers (see the provided URL).

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Title Diving Physiology and Energy Requirements of Free Ranging Southern Elephant Seals
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9f8395eb-8264-4247-9bb0-1fcf645e446b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/09/1992 - 31/03/1994
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        90.0,
        -72.0
      ],
      [
        -160.0,
        -72.0
      ],
      [
        -160.0,
        -50.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -50.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -72.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Diving Physiology and Energy Requirements of Free Ranging Southern Elephant Seals". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/diving-physiology-and-energy-requirements-of-free-ranging-southern-elephant-seals