APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980s

Ben Raymond

doi:10.15468/5j6flc

APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980s

Citation

Raymond B, Kool J (2020). APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980s. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5j6flc accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-01-25.

Description

This dataset contains Antarctic Pack Ice seal (APIS) data collected (both ship based and aerial) between 1994 and 2000. This data also includes some historic data collected between 1985 and 1987. The four species of Antarctic pack ice seals (crabeater, leopard, Weddell, and Ross seals) are thought to comprise up to 50 percent or more of the world's total biomass of seals. As long-lived, top level predators in Southern Ocean ecosystems, pack ice seals are scientifically interesting because they can assist in monitoring shifts in ecosystem structure and function, especially changes that occur in sensitive polar areas in response to global climate changes.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

Marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

East Antarctic sector of the Southern Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Raymond
originator
position: AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
email: aadcmanager@aad.gov.au
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-3522

Johnathan Kool
metadata author
position: AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
email: aadcmanager@aad.gov.au
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-3522

Johnathan Kool
administrative point of contact
position: AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
email: aadcmanager@aad.gov.au
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-3522