Australian Sea Lion Foraging Habitat from Bio-Logging Instruments

Data from eight adult female Australian sea lions instrumented with cameras and GPS loggers during single foraging trips. The project aimed to identify critical benthic habitats and assess ecological value and risks for the species. Data was collected from Olive Island and Seal Bay in South Australia.

Use Cases

• Mapping critical benthic habitats based on GPS and video imagery data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing individual foraging behavior differences based on time-depth and accelerometer data
• Identifying prey preferences based on video imagery captured by animal-borne cameras
• Assessing population threats to support conservation actions as described in the project aims

Strengths

• Data collected from eight individual animals, providing a multi-individual perspective
• Instruments captured multiple data modalities: video, GPS, time-depth, and accelerometer/magnetometer data
• Data collection targeted two distinct geographic locations: Olive Island and Seal Bay

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Sample size is limited to eight adult female sea lions, which may limit generalizability
• Data freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-06-16 18:36:35.554068

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Animal-borne instruments (CATS Cam cameras and SPLASH-10 GPS loggers) glued to the pelage of sedated sea lions

Time Range

Foraging trips lasting approximately 1-6 days

Freshness

2026-06-16 18:36:35.554068

Geography

Olive Island on the western Eyre Peninsula and Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island, South Australia