Measuring the effects of human activity on Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Entry ID: ASAC_1148_Weddells

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Summary
Abstract: The number of people travelling to Antarctica is growing, with much of the recent increase in visitor numbers attributable to an expansion in commercial tourism (Enzenbacher 1992; 1994). Most visitors to the region seek direct interactions with the wildlife and so visit breeding groups of seals and seabirds (Stonehouse 1965; Muller-Schwarze 1984). Invariably, this involves travelling to breeding ... View entire text
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -66.0   S: -67.0   E: 111.0   W: 110.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-10-27
Stop Date: 2000-12-10
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CAMERAS Ancillary Description
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Video tapes have been stored in the multimedia centre of the Australian Antarctic Division.

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Data Center
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NOAA_PALEOCLIMATOLOGY_PROGRAM
Phone: 303-497-6280
Fax: 303-497-6513
Email: paleo at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
325 Broadway, Code E/CC23
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80305-3328
Country: USA
Publications/References
Mann, M.E., Z. Zhang, M.K. Hughes, R.S. Bradley, S.K. Miller, S. Rutherford, and F. Ni. 2008. Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 105, No. 36, September 9, 2008. doi:10.1073/pnas.0805721105
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-03-02
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-13

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