Vestfold Hills, Davis station southern elephant seal numbers 1957-2022

The data describe seasonal changes in numbers of southern elephant seals observed on the beach adjacent to Davis station. Count data were collected by various Davis station expeditioners.Counts were made each southern elephant seal moulting season between January 1957 and March 2022.The data are published in the manuscript entitled, "Declining numbers of male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina Pinnipedia: Phocidae, Linnaeus, 1758) at the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica (1957 – 2022) in the journal Antarctic Science". Data available: excel files containing dates and numbers of seals counted on those dates.

本数据集记录了毗邻戴维斯站（Davis Station）的海滩上观测到的南象海豹种群数量的季节变化。该计数数据由多批戴维斯站科考人员采集完成，统计工作于1957年1月至2022年3月期间的每个南象海豹换毛季开展。相关数据已发表于《南极科学（Antarctic Science）》期刊的题为《东南极洲维斯特福尔兹丘陵雄性南象海豹（*Mirounga leonina*，鳍足目（Pinnipedia）海豹科（Phocidae），林奈，1758）种群数量下降（1957—2022）》的论文中。可用数据为包含统计日期及对应日期海豹计数数量的Excel文件。