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Community composition of seabirds in the Prydz Bay region, derived from at-sea observations of seabirds. Entry ID: WOV_PRYDZ_BIRD_COMMUNITIES |
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Summary
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Abstract:
Observations of seabirds at sea have been made by observers on Australian Antarctic ships in the Prydz Bay region during most seasons since 1980/81. Approximately 32000 observations of 26 main species were made from the 1980/81 to 2001/02 seasons. These observations provide a two-decade history of seabird activity in this region of the Antarctic. This project used clustering techniques to identify the communities within the seabird populations. Summary of results We found three distinct communities of seabirds within Prydz Bay. The first comprised all nine species of seabird which breed in the Prydz Bay area (emperor and Adelie penguins, snow, Cape, and Antarctic petrels, southern giant petrels, southern fulmars, Wilson's storm petrel, and south polar skuas). The second comprised those species which breed in sub-Antarctic or temperate regions and forage in Prydz Bay in the summer months (including many species of albatrosses and shearwaters). There was an overlap of these two communities which had a broad mix of species. The spatial and temporal ranges of these communities is given in this data set. The raw data for this dataset was generated through ASAC project 2208 - Distribution and abundance of seabirds in the Southern Indian Ocean, 1980/81+ (ASAC_2208_seabirds). The fields in this dataset are: Year Month Day Hour Minute Voyage Latitude Longitude Assemblage Constancy Fidelity |
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Geographic Coverage
| N: -60.0 | S: -75.0 | E: 90.0 | W: 60.0 |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1980-07-01 |
| Stop Date: 2001-06-30 |
Location Keywords
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OCEAN
> INDIAN OCEAN
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
Science Keywords
| BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES >BIRDS [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >COMMUNITY DYNAMICS >COMMUNITY STRUCTURE [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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BIOTA
OCEANS |
Platform
| SHIPS [Information] |
Access Constraints
| Community data are available at the url given below. |
Use Constraints
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This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided athttp://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=WOV_PRYD... when using these data. |
Keywords
| ASSEMBLAGE |
| COMMUNITY COMPOSITION |
| CONSTANCY |
| DAY |
| FIDELITY |
| HOUR |
| LATITUDE |
| LONGITUDE |
| MINUTE |
| MONTH |
| PRYDZ BAY |
| SEABIRDS |
| VOYAGE |
| YEAR |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Data Center
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Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
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Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au
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Distribution
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Distribution_Media:
HTTP
Distribution_Size: 280 kb Distribution_Format: csv Fees: free |
Personnel
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ERIC
WOEHLER Role: INVESTIGATOR Email: eric.woehler at gmail.com Contact Address: Birds Tasmania City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia |
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DAVE
JOHN
WATTS Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: +61 3 6232 5062 Email: dave.watts at csiro.au Contact Address: CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Castray Esplanade City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7000 Country: Australia |
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BEN
RAYMOND Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +61 3 6232 3336 Fax: +61 3 6283 2336 Email: ben.raymond at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia |
Publications/References
Woehler, E.J., Raymond, B., and Watts, D.J. (2003), Decadal-scale seabird assemblages in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica., Marine Ecology Progress Series, 251, 299-310
Raymond, B., Woehler, E.J. (2002), Mining Antarctic scientific data: a case study, Simoff, S.J., Williams, G.J., Hegland, M. (ed.) Proceedings Australasian Data Mining Workshop, 29-36, 3rd December 2002, Canberra, Australia
Related publication: Woehler, E., Raymond, B., Watts, D. (2002) Long-term study analyses seabird communities. Elizabeth Haywood, (ed.) Australian Antarctic Magazine 4, Spring 2002 4. 23-24
Raymond, B., Woehler, E.J. (2002), Mining Antarctic scientific data: a case study, Simoff, S.J., Williams, G.J., Hegland, M. (ed.) Proceedings Australasian Data Mining Workshop, 29-36, 3rd December 2002, Canberra, Australia
Related publication: Woehler, E., Raymond, B., Watts, D. (2002) Long-term study analyses seabird communities. Elizabeth Haywood, (ed.) Australian Antarctic Magazine 4, Spring 2002 4. 23-24
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2003-05-23
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-10-18
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