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Vestfold Hills, Davis station southern elephant seal numbers 1957-2022

Created 18/11/2025

Updated 18/11/2025

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The data describe seasonal changes in numbers of southern elephant seals observed on the beach adjacent to Davis station. Count data were collected by various Davis station expeditioners. Counts were made each southern elephant seal moulting season between January 1957 and March 2022. The data are published in the manuscript entitled, "Declining numbers of male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina Pinnipedia: Phocidae, Linnaeus, 1758) at the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica (1957 – 2022) in the journal Antarctic Science". Data available: excel files containing dates and numbers of seals counted on those dates.

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Title Vestfold Hills, Davis station southern elephant seal numbers 1957-2022
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/5fa8f738-e398-468b-939e-54582866a84f
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Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1957 - 31/03/2022
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Vestfold Hills, Davis station southern elephant seal numbers 1957-2022". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/vestfold-hills-davis-station-southern-elephant-seal-numbers-1957-20221