Vertebrate ecologists report from Davis Station, 1983 - Rhys Puddicombe

This is a scanned copy of the vertebrate ecologists report from Davis Station in 1983, written by Rhys Puddicombe.

Taken from the report:

This annual report covers the period 9/11/82 to 10/12/83. As such it is an incomplete record, as some projects are ongoing until mid-January 1984, whilst others will be begun and completed between early December and mid-January. Where this is the case only a brief outline will be presented to illustrate the aims of these projects.

This report will generally deal only with practical work and raw results as the majority of analyses will not be completed until early 1984.

The two major projects for the year have been seal tagging/resighting, and penguin vomit analysis. Several additional projects are complementary to this work, but for clarity's sake will be covered separately. Finally, several minor projects have involved either observations or data and material collections for analysis by people in Australia.

Topics covered by this report:

Lakes
Fishing
Fat collection
Briefing/equipping members of Dick Smith Explorer

Elephant Seals
- Davis Beach census
- Day trips
- Branding
- Collection of teeth and toenails
- Seal census on voyage through pack ice

Weddell Seals
- Faeces collection for Ken Green
- Seal recording
- Seal tagging/resighting
- Aerial weddell surveys/census

Seabird census from Australia to Mawson Ice Edge
Giant Petrel banding
Vomiting of Southern Fulmars and Cape Petrels and bolus collection of Skuas and Giant Petrels
Emperor Penguin vomiting
Adelie penguins
- Blood collections
- Dead adelie collection
- Egg collection
- Penguin banding
- Counts of breeding reference groups
- Adelie vomiting

本数据集为1983年戴维斯站（Davis Station）脊椎动物生态学报告的扫描副本，由里斯·帕迪科姆贝（Rhys Puddicombe）撰写。

以下内容摘自该报告：

本年度报告的覆盖时段为1982年11月9日至1983年12月10日。由于部分项目将持续至1984年1月中旬，另有部分项目将于1983年12月初至1984年1月中旬间启动并完成，因此本报告并非完整覆盖所有研究周期的记录。针对此类项目，本报告仅将简要概述其研究目标以作说明。

鉴于大部分分析工作将于1984年初方能完成，本报告通常仅收录实操工作内容与原始结果数据。

本年度的两项核心研究任务为海豹标记/重识别以及企鹅呕吐物分析。另有多项辅助性研究项目，为清晰起见将单独阐述。最后，若干小型研究项目涉及野外观测、数据及样本采集，供澳大利亚境内的研究人员开展后续分析。

本报告涵盖的研究主题如下：
湖泊
渔业调查
脂肪样本采集
迪克·史密斯探险队（Dick Smith Explorer）成员岗前培训与装备筹备

象海豹
- 戴维斯海滩种群普查
- 日间考察
- 个体烙印标记
- 牙齿与趾甲样本采集
- 浮冰航道航行中的海豹种群普查

威德尔海豹
- 为肯·格林（Ken Green）采集粪便样本
- 海豹观测记录
- 海豹标记/重识别
- 威德尔海豹航空调查与种群普查

澳大利亚至莫森冰缘航线海鸟种群普查
巨海燕环志
南部管鼻鹱与海角海燕呕吐行为观测，以及贼鸥与巨海燕食团样本采集
帝企鹅呕吐行为观测
阿德利企鹅
- 血液样本采集
- 死亡个体采集
- 卵样本采集
- 企鹅环志
- 繁殖参考种群计数
- 阿德利企鹅呕吐行为观测