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

Colin Southwell

doi:10.15468/5j6flc

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

Citation

Southwell C, AADC D O (2021). 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 2022-01-19.

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

Colin Southwell
originator
position: Ecologist
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
email: aadcwebqueries@aad.gov.au
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-9669

DATA OFFICER AADC
metadata author
position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244
email: metadata@aad.gov.au
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au

DATA OFFICER AADC
administrative point of contact
position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244
email: metadata@aad.gov.au
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au