AMMRC was established in 1996 as a co-operative centre of the University of Sydney and the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales. The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... The Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales is a Government of New South Wales agency responsible for Taronga Zoo and the Western Plains Zoo in New South Wales, Australia. ...

The Centre’s research program includes the impacts of climate change, the spatial, haul-out and foraging behaviour of leopard seals, population monitoring of Antarctic marine mammals, and the development of non-invasive techniques that will allow researchers to monitor the hormones of wild populations (whales, dolphins and seals) without having to restrain the animals. Binomial name Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) Hydrurga leptonyx range map. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... A marine mammal is a mammal that is primarily ocean-dwelling or depends on the ocean for its food. ...

The researchers, behavioural ecologists and veterinarians, work on numerous projects including:

• Seals of the Antarctic pack ice,
• Cetaceans in the coastal waters of New Guinea,
• Seal and cetacean populations in Australian waters, and
• Comparing southern and northern hemisphere endangered populations of cetaceans.

The research is being supported by such organisations as the (Australian) Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Families Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae Pinnipeds (fin-feet, lit. ... Suborders Mysticeti Odontoceti (see text) The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. ... The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is a branch of the Australian Department of Defence which researches and develops technologies for use in the Australian Defence Industry. ...

References

• New marine mammal research centre an Australian first from the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Heritage.
• The Action Plan for Australian Seals

External links

• AMMRC web page
• 2002progreports/SC-54-ProgRep%20Australia.pdf Project report for 2002