Abstract:
Eight Antarctic Fur seal rookeries near King Edward Point on South Georgia have been monitored since 2008. The colonies (Burnet1, Burnet2, Burnet2, Little, Poa1, Poa2, Poa3 and Tortula) are surveyed frequently between November and January. The number of males, females, pups and juveniles are recorded. Data is also summarised as max count per season for males, females pups and juveniles, and first pup date.
This work was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (UK) core funding to the British Antarctic Survey.
Keywords:
Annual count, Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella
Hollyman, P., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2021). Counts of Antarctic Fur Seals at Maiviken, South Georgia, from 2008 to 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/41bfd98c-1a36-4689-a578-ad584426f9d2
| Use Constraints: | This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ This data set should be cited as follows: Hollyman, P., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2021). Counts of Antarctic Fur Seals at Maiviken, South Georgia, from 2008 to 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/41BFD98C-1A36-4689-A578-AD584426F9D2 |
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| Creation Date: | 2019-07-15 |
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| Dataset Progress: | In Work |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Philip R Hollyman |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Philip N Trathan |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Martin A Collins |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
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| Lineage: | Colonies are visited every second day during the summer season, between November and February, and the number of males, females, pups and juveniles are recorded. The colonies at Maiviken are named Burnet1, Burnet2, Burnet2, Little, Poa1, Poa2, Poa3 and Tortula. All data were collected under permit from the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. All sampling procedures used were regulated by the British Antarctic Survey Ethical Review Committee in collaboration with Cambridge University and the UK Home Office. |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2008-12-01 |
| End Date | 2020-01-07 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -54.246 |
| Northernmost | -54.246 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -36.5057 |
| Easternmost | -36.5057 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | South Georgia Island |
| Detailed Location | Maiviken |
| Data Storage: | 1x .csv file |
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