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Hooker's sea lions at Macquarie Island, 1965-1980

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Locations and activities of Hooker's sea lions on Macquarie Island compiled by an unknown author. The data were compiled from biology log books. The data were transcribed by John van den Hoff from the original “Observations of Hooker’s sea lions on Macquarie Island from 1965-1980”, author unknown. A pdf scan of the original data is available in the download file. Number of sea lions seen = the number of sea lions seen on the sighting occasion. e.g. 1 = 1, 1 of 2 means two seals were seen, etc. Body size = relative assessment of age where large = adult and small = juvenile Individual identification number = a value given to individually recognisable sea lions Disturbed = sea lion was aware of observer

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Title Hooker's sea lions at Macquarie Island, 1965-1980
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d7c03a82-1669-42f5-8086-72e9bce5dd7c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 07/02/1965 - 25/10/1980
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        154.6875,
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      ],
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        -58.81374
      ],
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        162.77344,
        -50.73646
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Hooker's sea lions at Macquarie Island, 1965-1980". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/hookers-sea-lions-at-macquarie-island-1965-1980