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Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island

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Citation

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2020). Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jqhl11 accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-03-03.

Description

At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific survival was calculated.

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Heard Island, Indian Ocean

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Contacts

originator
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
homepage: https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/
metadata author
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
homepage: https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/
distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au
Jo Birch
administrative point of contact
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