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Southern Elephant Seal Foraging in the Southern Ocean
Entry ID:
ASAC_468
Summary
Abstract:
Twenty three juvenile (8-14 months of age) southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) from Macquarie Island were tracked during 1993 and 1995. Migratory tracks and ocean areas with concentrated activity, presumed to be foraging grounds, were established from location data gathered by attached geolocation time depth recorders. The seals ranged widely (811-3258 km) and foraging activity centred ...
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1991-09-30
Stop Date:
1992-03-31
Location Keywords
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Quality
Values provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.
Access Constraints
The dataset is available from the url given below.
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
HTTP
Distribution Format:
.xls
Fees:
free
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Email:
harry.burton at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City:
Kingston
Province or State:
Tasmania
Postal Code:
7050
Country:
Australia
Publications/References
van den Hoff, J., Burton, H.R., Hindell, M.A., Sumner, M.D., McMahon, C.R. (2002), Migrations and foraging of juvbenile southern elephant seals from Macquarie Island within CCAMLR managed areas., Antarctic Science, 14, 2, 134-145
Irvine, L.G., Hindell, M.A., van den Hoff, J., Burton, H.R. (2000), The influence of body size on dive duration of underyearling southern elephant seals ( Mirounga leonina ), Journal of Zoology (London), 251, 463-471 Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2000-07-28
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-06-16
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