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Bird Island female Antarctic fur seal geolocation tracking data - Isotope Data

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Updated 17/11/2025

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To quantify the dietary preferences and trophic level consumption of post-breeding adult female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), we analysed the carbon:nitrogen composition of whiskers and blood samples from the females. Females were captured towards the end of the lactation period (March/April) and whiskers and a blood sample were collected at this time. Females were generally recaptured just prior to or after giving birth the following season and a further whisker and blood sample were collected at this time. Metadata for each individual include: Site, GLS ID, year, flipper tag number, season, sampling date, tissue type, whisker segment number, cumulative length along whisker of the segment, d15N, d13C, percentage N, percentage C and CN ratio.

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Title Bird Island female Antarctic fur seal geolocation tracking data - Isotope Data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/5e6082e7-6f33-4eae-a9ff-48a09c2d84a9
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 14/03/2008 - 04/01/2009
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    -38.05,
    -54.0
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Bird Island female Antarctic fur seal geolocation tracking data - Isotope Data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/bird-island-female-antarctic-fur-seal-geolocation-tracking-data-isotope-data1