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Census of fur seal pups at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica from 1995 to 2012 (NCEI Accession 0186008)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2019-03-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
A Cape-wide census of Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups (live and dead) occurs every year once pupping is over. The census occurs in the last days of December, on a day when conditions and visibility are favorable. Cape Shirreff is located on Livingston Island, in the South Shetlands off the Antarctic Peninsula.

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0186008 biological data visual observation in situ NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) South Atlantic Ocean Southern Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce CCAMLR > Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AMLR Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus census count ecosystem fur seal fur seals gazella monitoring pup VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN Admiralty Bay Antarctic Antarctic Antarctica Bransfield Strait Antarctic Cape Shirreff Antarctic Livingston Island, Antarctic South Shetland Islands, Antarctic 8PJU3W

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temporal 1995-10-01T00:00:00+00:00/2012-03-30T00:00:00+00:00
title Census of fur seal pups at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica from 1995 to 2012 (NCEI Accession 0186008)

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