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

This is a scanned copy of the vertebrate ecologists report from Macquarie Island, 1985, written by Mark Hindell. The report includes: The diet of the four penguin species breeding on Macquarie Island (Royal, Rockhopper, King and Gentoo). Aspects of the morphology of the four penguin species The past and present status of the southern elephant seal on Macquarie and Heard Islands

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

This file contains a report of biological field work undertaken in the Casey region between July and August of 1976. It includes work done on seals and seabirds. The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

This file contains a log of general biological observations collected in the Casey region during 1973. Observations were made of seals, whales, penguins, petrels, etc. The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

This file contains a banding report Wilkes station in 1966. The observations were made of: Adelie penguins Silver-grey petrels The hard copy of the file has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

This file contains a biology report from Wilkes station in 1963. The report pertains specifically to a visit to Ardery Island in January, 1963 by F. Soucek. The report contains biological observations, as well as an extract from a publication and some hand-drawn maps. The observations were made of: South polar skuas Giant petrels Cape pigeons Silver-grey petrels Antarctic petrels Snow petrels Wilson's storm petrels The hard copy of the map has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

This file contains logs, papers and a report on biological observations at Wilkes station in 1962-1963. Adelie penguins Emperor penguins Silver-grey petrels Antarctic petrels Cape pigeons Giant petrels Skuas Snow petrels Wilson's storm petrels Weddell seals Leopard seals Elephant seals Ross seals Killer whales The hard copy of the map has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

This file contains a report on biological observations collected in the Casey region during 1972. Observations were made of giant petrels, skuas, penguins, snow petrels, leopard seals, elephant seals, wilson's storm petrels, Antarctic petrels, and whales. The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

This file contains a log of biological observations undertaken at Mawson station in 1982. The logs include observations of pintadoo petrels, emperor penguins, killer whales, elephant seals, leopard seals, minke whales, crabeater seals, adelie penguins, silver-grey petrels, wilson's storm petrels, antarctic petrels and skuas The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.