Annual report on vertebrate biology at Macquarie Island, 1990

This is a scanned copy of the annual report on vertebrate biology at Macquarie Island, 1990, by Rupert Woods.

The scanned report contains information on:

  • Elephant seal census
  • Elephant seal tagging program (1984-1985, 1987-1991)
  • Freeze branding
  • Weaner weights
  • Anaesthetics
  • Gastric lavage
  • Opthalmology problems
  • Penguin crush (mass deaths of King Penguins)
  • PTTs and TDTRs
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Morbilivirus
  • DNA samples (elephant seals and fur seals)
  • Anaesthesia and surgery of birds
  • Details of a neo-natal longfinned pilot whale washed ashore
  • Fur seals (census, euthanasia, injuries, net entanglements)
  • Letters
  • Abandoned elephant seal pup
  • Drift cards
  • Killer whale attack

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Additional information

Temporal extent1990-01-01 – 1990-12-31
Date (publication)2016-06-15
Statuscompleted
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseThis metadata record is publicly available.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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