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Trace element concentration in whale faeces and muscle, and krill tissue, collected from the Southern Ocean

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Updated 23/06/2025

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Whale muscle samples were collected from stranded and dead blue (Baleoptera musculus) and fin (Baleoptera physalus) whales in South-western Australia. Blue, fin, sperm (Physeter macrocephalus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and pygmy blue (Baleoptera musculus brevicauda) whale faecal samples were collected from coastal waters off Southern Australia by trawling 0.5 mm mesh nets over the surface waters following defecation. Four species of krill (Nyctiphanes australia, Euphausia pacifica, Meganyctiphanes norvegica), including Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) were collected from various locations worldwide. We analysed the concentration of iron, cadmium, manganese, cobalt, copper, zinc, phosphorus and carbon in baleen whale faeces and muscle, and krill tissue using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

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Title Trace element concentration in whale faeces and muscle, and krill tissue, collected from the Southern Ocean
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9046f9d4-14c0-420e-986b-5472aae3760b
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Australian Ocean Data Network
Lavenia.Ratnarajah@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 02/01/1997
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Trace element concentration in whale faeces and muscle, and krill tissue, collected from the Southern Ocean". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/trace-element-concentration-in-whale-faeces-and-muscle-and-krill-tissue-collected-from-the-sout