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Preferred foraging areas of Heard Island albatrosses during chick raising and implications for the management of incidental mortality in fisheries

Entry ID: ASAC_2388_alb_foraging

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Summary

Abstract: From the abstract of the referenced paper:

1. Incidental mortality in fisheries is causing declines in many albatross populations around the world. To assess potential interactions with regional fisheries satellite tags were used to track black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophrys) and light-mantled sooty albatrosses (Phoebetria palpebrata) breeding on Heard Island during the ...

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Download point for the data - csv file providing details of the trackers placed on birds

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -49.0

S: -56.0

E: 77.0

W: 67.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Kieran Lawton

Dataset Title: Foraging areas of Albatrosses at Heard Island

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-12-21

Stop Date: 2004-02-06

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

SATELLITES

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

GPS > Global Positioning System

ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System

Quality The figures provided in spatial coverage are approximate only.

The field program for attaching and retrieving the trackers went very smoothly.

For more information, see the referenced papers.

From the methods section of the referenced journal article:

The movements of 10 black-browed and 5 ...

Access Constraints These data are currently not publicly available.

The pdf copy of the Antarctic Magazine article is available for download from the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference at the provided URL when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

ARGOS

albatross

Heard Island

tracking

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 1 kb

Distribution Format: csv

Fees: free

Personnel

KIERAN LAWTON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: Kieran.Lawton at ozemail.com.au

Contact Address:

Aspect Ecology

20 Menuggana Road

City: Fern Tree

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7054

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Lawton K., Kirkwood R., Robertson G and Raymond B. (2007) Preferred foraging areas of Heard Island albatrosses during chick raising and implications for the management of incidental mortality in fisheries, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (online)

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-12-18

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-07-26

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