Periodicity in foraging areas of leopard seals in the region south of Macquarie Island

DataSet Animal(s) : Leopard Seal
DataSet Category : Mammals
DataSet Country : Australia
DataSet Region : Antarctica
DataSet Type : DataSet
DataSet Access : Public
DataSet URL : https://data.gov.au/dataset/ds-aodn-3ce7ec61-284a-4169-a250-468b655b9ec7?q=

Leopard seals are usually seen in the pack-ice where they pup on the ice and where they must first face life at sea. However at Macquarie Island, well to the north of the ice, for 50 years now there has been the odd phenomenon of ‘Leopard seal years’.

DataSet Agency : Australian Antarctic Data Centre - AADC

DataSet Agency Contact : data.aad.gov.au