Antarctic Peninsula

Program, Project, or Expedition Name:

Genetic Approaches for Monitoring the Effects of Climate Change on Leopard Seals in the Antarctic Peninsula

Data Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/popset?DbFrom=nuccore&Cmd=Link&LinkName=nuccore_popset&IdsFromResult=2461184359

InstitutionLMRCSC, HU
Principal InvestigatorCarolina Bonin Lewallen | carolina.lewallen@hamptonu.edu | (757) 728-6044
Funding Agency/Contract #NOAA LMRCSC NA16SEC4810007 and NA11SEC4810002
Collection Start DateNov 2007
Objectives of Data Collection EffortLeopard seals were tissue sampled as part of the US AMLR field efforts conducted from 2007-08 season up to 2018-19 Antarctic seasons. The dataset obtained from these samples for this project consists in mtDNA control region sequences for the hypervariable region I. New haplotypes were deposited in GenBank (link above). A full list of the samples is available in the supplementary materials of the publication listed
Collection End DateMar 2019
Data Collectors Identifying NumbersN/A
Ship or Other Platform NameUS AMLR field camp at Cape Shirreff
Geographic Location [Latitude(s)/longitude(s)]62 ̊27’30”S; 60 ̊47’17”W
UnitsN/A
Data ParametersN/A
PrecisionN/A
Observation MethodologyN/A
Instrument/Gear  Identification of DescriptionSamples obtained using tag pliers
Analysis MethodologymtDNA Sanger sequencing
Data Processing/ Reduction MethodologyTraditional historical demography (DNAsp and Arlequin) followed by Bayesian Evolutionary Analyses (BEAST)
Explanations of Data Quality FlagsN/A
Citations of Relevant Publications and Grey LiteratureBender AN, Krause DJ, Goebel ME, Hoffman JI, Lewallen E., Bonin CA (2023) Genetic diversity and demographic history of the leopard seal: A Southern Ocean top predator. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0284640. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0284640
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