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<version>$Revision: 1.10 $</version>
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<provider>
<name>Australian Antarctic Data Centre</name>
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<code>AADC</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au</relatedInformation>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Kim Finney</name>
<title>Data Centre Manager</title>
<emailAddress>Kim.Finney (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 459</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>Dave.Watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>The Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) is the prime holder for biodiversity data and infrastructure for the SCAR programme Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica (EBA) program (see http://www.eba.aq). The AADC manages and archives data from all Australian activities in the Antarctic and subantarctic.</abstract>
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<name>Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean</name>
<code>seabirds</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Dr Eric Woehler</name>
<title>Biologist</title>
<emailAddress>eric.woehler (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 376</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>Seabird observations from ships either performing marine science work or taking personnel and cargo to various Antarctic stations. Incidental observations of whales and seals are also noted. This set also contains data from the BIOMASS cruises in the 1980's.</abstract>
<keywords>BIOMASS, seabirds, whales, seals</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/DB_WOV and http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/ASAC_2208_seabirds. Contact Eric Woehler for details on citation details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Weddell Seal census, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica</name>
<code>weddell_census</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/tags/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Mr Harry Burton</name>
<title>Biologist</title>
<emailAddress>harry.burton (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 339</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>Census counts of Weddell seals resting/breeding on sea-ice or land in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica (1983 to 1996). Census taken from aerial photographs and matched to a one by one kilometre grid.</abstract>
<keywords>Weddell seals, census, aerial photography</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00048. Contact Harry Burton for details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Weddell Seal Sightings, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica</name>
<code>weddell_sightings</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Mr Harry Burton</name>
<title>Biologist</title>
<emailAddress>harry.burton (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 339</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>Ground based sightings of Weddell seals resting/breeding on sea-ice or land in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Data locality mapped to a one by one kilometre grid.</abstract>
<keywords>Weddell seals, census, tagging, resights</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00048. Contact Harry Burton for details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island</name>
<code>ellie_sightings_heard</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/tags/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Mr Harry Burton</name>
<title>Biologist</title>
<emailAddress>harry.burton (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 339</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific survival was calculated.</abstract>
<keywords>elephant seals, tagging, length estimates, resights</keywords>
<citation>See metadata record http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tags_heard_1949 Contact Harry Burton for details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Elephant Seal Sightings, Macquarie Island</name>
<code>ellie_sightings_macca</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/tags/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Mr Harry Burton</name>
<title>Biologist</title>
<emailAddress>harry.burton (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 339</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>At Macquarie Island 1000 seals were weighed per annum between 1993-2003 at birth and individually marked with two plastic flipper tags in the inter-digital webbing of their hind flippers. These tagged seals were weighed again at weaning, when length, girth, fat depth, and flipper measurements were made. Three weeks after weaning 2000 seals were permanently and individually marked by hot-iron branding. Recaptures and re-weigings of these known aged individuals were used to calculate growth and age-specific survival of the seals. Similar data were collected from elephant seals between 1950 and 1965 when seals were individually marked by hot-iron branding. Mark-recapture data from these cohorts were used to assess the demography of the declining population. Length and mass data were also collected for these cohorts and were used, for the first time, to assess the growth of individual seals without killing them.</abstract>
<keywords>elephant seals, tagging, length estimates, resights</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00102 and http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00101 . Contact Harry Burton for details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Whale catches in the Southern Ocean</name>
<code>whale_catch</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Kim Finney</name>
<title>Data Centre Manager</title>
<emailAddress>kim.finney (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 495</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>Season whale catch records for austral summers from 1931/32 to 1979/80. Data has been aggregated into one degree cells centered on the reported position. Covers five whale species - Blue, Fin, Sei, Minke and Humpback.</abstract>
<keywords>whales, catch</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/IWC_Whale_catch. Contact Dave Watts for details on citation details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium</name>
<code>herbarium</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Prof Rod Seppelt</name>
<title>Botanist</title>
<emailAddress>Rod.Seppelt (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 438</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>The Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium (ADT) is a database detailing collection records of plants collected from the Antarctic, subantarctic islands and other areas around the world.</abstract>
<keywords>plants, heard, macquarie, windmill islands,</keywords>
<citation>Contact Dave Watts for details on citation details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Antarctic Marine Protists species checklist</name>
<code>protists_checklist</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/display_checklist.cfm?checklist_id=1</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Dr Fiona Scott</name>
<title>Biologist</title>
<emailAddress>fiona.scott (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 376</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>Protists are microscopic algae and protozoa, formerly thought of as single-celled plants and animals. Planktonic protists constitute the base of marine food webs and play a key role in the exchange of carbon dioxode between the atmosphere and the ocean. This list is of protists that live in the surface waters and sea-ice south of the Antarctic Polar Front.</abstract>
<keywords>Antarctic, checklist, marine, protists</keywords>
<citation>Species list derived from the book Antarctic Marine Prostists (2005) edited by Fiona J. Scott and Harvey J. Marchant. (ISBN 0 642 56835 9)</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>ARGOS Satellite Tracking of animals</name>
<code>argos_tracking</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/argos/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Kim Finney</name>
<title>Data Centre Manager</title>
<emailAddress>kim.finney (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 459</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>Various species have been tracked using ARGOS PTT trackers since the early 1990's. These include Emperor, King and Adelie pengiuns, Light-mantled Sooty, Grey-headed and Black-browed albatrosses, Antarctic and Australian fur seals, Southern Elephant Seal and Blue and Humpback whales. Note that not all data for any species or locations is or will be exposed to OBIS. Geographic coverage is from Heard Island to the west and Macquarie Island to the east and several islands near the southern end of Chile. The data has been filtered to remove most but not all erroneous positions.</abstract>
<keywords>ARGOS, satellite tracking, penguins, whales, seals, albatrosses</keywords>
<citation>See the following Metadata records http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/DB_Argos_PTT_Tracking http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/HI_animaltracks_ARGOS http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tracking_BI http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tracking_Mag http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/STA_Bibliography http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tracking_SI http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tracking_EDP http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Tracking_DD Contact Data Centre for help on citation details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database</name>
<code>nssd</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/whales/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Tom Kaveney</name>
<title>Manager, Environment Assessment Branch, Department of Environment</title>
<emailAddress>Tom.Kaveney@deh.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 2 6274 2995</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>The National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database records reported sightings of whales and dolphins in Australian waters and maintains details of stranding events around the Australian coastline. This resource currently only show the sighting records.</abstract>
<keywords>whales, dolphins, strandings, sigtings, australian waters, animal behaviour</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/DB_Cetaceans_NSSD Contact Dave Watts for details on citation details.</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Orca observations from the shores of Macquarie Island</name>
<code>orca</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Kim Finney</name>
<title>Data Centre Manager</title>
<emailAddress>kim.finney (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 459</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>This dataset contains sporadic shore based observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Macquarie Island from 1989 to 1998 (inclusive).</abstract>
<keywords>Orcas, Orcinus orca,Macquarie Island, killer whales</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/Orcas_observations_MI</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Recorder (SO-CPR) Survey</name>
<code>socpr</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/cpr/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Graham Hosie</name>
<title>SRS - Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey</title>
<emailAddress>graham.hosie (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 364</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>This dataset contains results from Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys in the Southern Ocean.This is a database of surveys to map the spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity of the plankton throughout the region. This set of OBIS data is presence data only and abundance values have been set to the value 1 to indicate presence only. Contact the investigator for details of the surveys and abundance and absence data.</abstract>
<keywords>Abundance, Date,Distance, Fluorescence,Latitude, Licor, Longitude, Month, Salinity, Season, Segment Length, Segment Number, Ship Code, Southern Ocean, Species, Temperature, Time, Year</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00099</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program</name>
<code>whale_survey</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts(at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
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<name>Deborah Thiele</name>
<title>Investigator</title>
<emailAddress>dthiele(at) deakin.edu.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 55 629 796</phone>
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<abstract>This dataset includes sightings, resightings and incidental sightings from Australian Antarctic Division voyages of whales in the Southern Ocean. These data will allow us to connect fine scale variability with regional and circum-Antarctic processes, and eventually to understand how the dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem and environmental change might affect the recovery of whale populations.</abstract>
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<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/ASAC_915_2253</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's</name>
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<contact type='technical'>
<name>Colin Southwell</name>
<title>Ecologist</title>
<emailAddress>colin.southwell(at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
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<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
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<abstract>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% 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.</abstract>
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<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Antarctic Fur Seal Populations on Heard Island Summer 1987-1988</name>
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<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
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<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Simon Goldsworthy</name>
<title>Investigator</title>
<emailAddress>goldsworthy.simon(at) sa.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone></phone>
</contact>
<abstract>This dataset contains the results from surveys of Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) on Heard Island during the summer of 1987-1988. As well as habitat descriptions, age, sex, count of adults and pups were determined. The three major aims of the study include: to determine accurately the location of pupping sites; to determine the extent of the pupping season, the median date of birth and the number of pups born; and to census fur seals on as much of the island as possible in order to determine the number of animals ashore and to document changes in numbers during the summer.</abstract>
<keywords>age class, bulls, census colony, cows, date, heard island, locality, pups, southern ocean</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00009</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Macquarie Island Fur Seal Database</name>
<code>furseals_mi</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
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<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Simon Goldsworthy</name>
<title>Investigator</title>
<emailAddress>goldsworthy.simon(at) sa.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone></phone>
</contact>
<abstract>The dataset includes data on all fur seals tagged at Macquarie Island since 1986. The dataset includes information on the sex and species of individuals, information on their reproductive histories, resight data and tagging history.</abstract>
<keywords>belly, biopsy, birth date, birth mass, blood, breeding, coat, comments, date, date of weaning, death date, digit, father, girth length, headgaurd, id number, last seen, mass at weaning, milk, mother tag, muzzle, previous tag, sex, sole status, tag, tagged, territory, type, weaning date, weight, width, year</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00859</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites</name>
<code>iasb</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Eric Woehler</name>
<title>Investigator</title>
<emailAddress>eric.woehler(at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone></phone>
</contact>
<abstract>Census of nest sites and colony counts for breeding seabirds within the Antarctic and subantarctic islands.</abstract>
<keywords>penguin, colonies, census, nest sites, antarctic, subantarctic islands</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/fauna_2</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Pelagic Fish Observations 1968-1999</name>
<code>historic_fish</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dick Williams</name>
<title>Fish Biologist</title>
<emailAddress>dick.williams (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 340</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<abstract>This dataset contains data from ten voyages (Prydz Bay, Heard and Macquarie Islands) and four stations (Mawson, Davis, Casey and Macqaurie) from 1968 to 1999. Contains depth caught, sex, lengths, weights and gonad stage. changes.</abstract>
<keywords>gonad, weights, lengths, trawl</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00038 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00068 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00073 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00075 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00080 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/AADC-00082 http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/c88_data</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<resource>
<name>Electron Micrograph Database - Marine Specimens</name>
<code>em_marine</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Gerry Nash</name>
<title>Investigator</title>
<emailAddress>gerry.nash at aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone></phone>
</contact>
<abstract>This database contains information pertaining to the negatives taken by the laboratory since its inception. Both scanning and transmission electron micrographs are catalogued within this database. Among other things, the database includes a large number of images of protists. This set lists specinens from the marine domain.</abstract>
<keywords>electron microscope</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/em_database</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Electron Micrograph Database - Terrestrial and Limnetic Specimens</name>
<code>em_eba</code>
<relatedInformation>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/em/</relatedInformation>
<contact type='technical'>
<name>Dr Dave Watts</name>
<title>Database Manager/Application developer</title>
<emailAddress>dave.watts (at) aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone>+61 (3) 62 323 586</phone>
</contact>
<contact type='administrative'>
<name>Gerry Nash</name>
<title>Investigator</title>
<emailAddress>gerry.nash at aad.gov.au</emailAddress>
<phone></phone>
</contact>
<abstract>This database contains information pertaining to the negatives taken by the laboratory since its inception. Both scanning and transmission electron micrographs are catalogued within this database. This resource contains terrestrial and limnetic samples.</abstract>
<keywords>electron microscope</keywords>
<citation>See Metadata record for details http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/em_database</citation>
<useRestrictions>Data are freely available through GBIF, OBIS, SCAR-MarBIN and through the AADC web site. If substantial parts of the database is used for other data or information products, please acknowledge the source.</useRestrictions>
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<name>Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean</name>
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