Abstract:
The number of Fur and Elephant seals around the base on Signy Island have been counted daily between January and March since 1992. Details of the area counted are given in the 1992 Seal Mammal report (AD6/2H/1992/NM3).
Keywords:
Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella, Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina, seal count
See use constraints
| Use Constraints: | Use of the data requires citation as follows: British Antarctic Survey, Daily base seal count at Signy Island (GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00322), accessed by contacting the UK PDC at pdc@bas.ac.uk, [date on which you cite the data] |
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| Creation Date: | 2008-04-02 |
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| Dataset Progress: | In Work |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | Helen Peat |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dirk Briggs |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | BAS Archives ref AD6/2H/1992/NM3: 1992 Seal Mammal report. Associated Paper: Waluda, C.M., Gregory, S. & Dunn, M.J. Long-term variability in the abundance of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at Signy Island, South Orkneys. Polar Biol 33, 305-312 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0706-2 |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 1993-01-20 |
| End Date | 2008-02-28 |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | Signy Island |
| Data Storage: | The data are stored in an Oracle database belonging to user u_hp in a table called signy_seal_base_count. |
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