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South Polar Skua Population Census

Entry ID: K121_2011_2012_NZ_1

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Summary

Abstract: Our primary hypothesis is that South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) population abundance broadly tracks summer food availability in the southern McMurdo Sound region.

Skuas and Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) both prey heavily on Antarctic silverfish (Plueragramma antarcticum) and krill (Euphausia crystallorophias and E. superba) and overlap in breeding space during
the summer in this ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -77.22

S: -77.54

E: 169.19

W: 166.42

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2011-12-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CAPE RPYDS

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > ROSS ISLAND

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS > FERTILIZERS

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS > PESTICIDES

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

CESIC > Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicators Collections

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) and United Nations
Environmental Program (UNEP) hold the copyright of this dataset. Users are
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Ancillary Keywords

CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Air Quality > Emissions

CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Climate > Weather

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

SEDAC

Data Center

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVI

Data Center Personnel
Name: SEDAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 845-365-8920 Fax: +1 845-365-8922 Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment

Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wdc/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVI

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT CHEN Phone: 1-845-365-8952 Fax: 1-845-365-8922 Email: bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: WDC for Human Interactions in the Environment CIESIN/Columbia University P. O. Box 1000 61 Route 9W City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

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