South Australia's Sea Lions as Ocean Observers (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Simon Goldsworthy

doi:10.15468/nn82h8

South Australia's Sea Lions as Ocean Observers (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Goldsworthy S. 2021. South Australia's Sea Lions as Ocean Observers. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/448) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=274). https://doi.org/10.15468/nn82h8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-24.

Description

Original provider: South Australian Research and Development Institute Dataset credits: Data provider Fur seal, pelagic shark and seabird tracking Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: Over the next 3 summers, up to 40 Australian sea lion adult males will carry state-of-the-art satellite transmitters as they traverse some of southern Australia’s most remote and biologically-productive waters.

This project is funded by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS - www.imos.org.au) through the Australian Acoustic Tagging and Monitoring System (AATAMS http://imos.org.au/aatams.html).

The maritime expeditions of the Australian sea lions are now yielding data that are important to both biologists and oceanographers and refining our understanding of the intimate connections between the mechanics of the Earth’s oceans, and the complex ecosystems which dwell within and upon them.

This is a truly interdisciplinary project, bringing together biologists studying living systems and oceanographers studying marine physics. The maritime expeditions of the Australian sea lions are now yielding data that are important to both biologists and oceanographers and refining our understanding of the intimate connections between the mechanics of the Earth’s oceans, and the complex ecosystems which dwell within and upon them.

This is an extremely cost-effective means of adding to existing global oceanographic data archives. It has the potential to complement existing sampling methods, especially for regions from which data are scarce and where these alternative methods may be difficult or prohibitively expensive to implement. Importanly, this approach provides a mechanism of targeting the collection of physical oceanographic data from regions that are biologically of interest (ie. where high trophic level predators feed), therefore providing greater insights into how physical ocean processes underpin marine ecosystems and commercial fisheries.

Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Neophoca cinerea
common name: Australian Sealion rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Simon Goldsworthy
originator
position: Primary contact
Fur seal, pelagic shark and seabird tracking
email: simon.goldsworthy@sa.gov.au

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Simon Goldsworthy
owner
position: Primary contact
Fur seal, pelagic shark and seabird tracking
email: simon.goldsworthy@sa.gov.au

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
originator
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/

Simon Goldsworthy
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Fur seal, pelagic shark and seabird tracking
email: simon.goldsworthy@sa.gov.au