Wandering Albatrosses on Macquarie Island

This dataset contains the results from surveys of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) on Macquarie Island. The majority of the surveys were conducted at the Caroline Cove colony which contains 59% of the Wandering Albatrosses found on Macquarie Island. Observations were made for 41 consecutive days between 5 December 1975 and 14 January 1976, and for 103 consecutive days between 25 November 1976 and 7 March 1977. Occasional observations were made of birds at other locations on Macquarie Island. Each bird in the colony was banded for identification, sexed and had its plumage scored. The times of arrival and departure, numbers present, interaction and behaviour were observed, and weather conditions were noted irregularly throughout the day. The results are listed in the documentation.

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Identification info

Alternate title
Wandering Albatrosses on Macquarie Island
Date (Publication)
1999-10-07
Edition
1

Originator

Tomkins, R.J.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

TOMKINS, R J
Monash University
Department of Zoology
Clayton
Victoria
Australia

Collaborator

TOMKINS, R J
Monash University
Department of Zoology
Clayton
Victoria
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00034

Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

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Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1975-12-05 1977-03-07
Title
Attendance of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomeda exulans) at a small colony on Macquarie Island.
Date (Publication)
1985
Citation identifier
29

Author

Tomkins, R.J.
Name
ANARE Research Notes
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
Data tables are available in image format for download from the provided URL.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

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Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00034 when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
free
Planned available datetime
1999-10-07T00:00:00
Units of distribution
KB
Transfer size
20717
Distribution format
  • TIFF

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Resource lineage

Statement
Further data can be collected for other seasons, but for 1975-1977 this data are complete. Observations of the colony at Caroline Cove were made for 41 consecutive days between 5 December 1975 and 14 January 1976, for durations varying between 0.5hr and 14.5hr each day. Attendance of all breeders and non-breeders was recorded. Observation had also been made at this colony in the previous breeding season. Further observations at the Caroline Cove site were made for 103 consecutive days between 25 November 1976 and 7 March 1977, for 8.5hr daily on average. Attendance and intersection was recorded. Observations commenced where possible at 0900 hours and finished 1800 hours. All birds were banded with numbered monel bands (supplied by CSIRO, Canberra) and unique combinations of coloured plastic leg bands and marked with stripes of fluorescent spray paint. Each bird was sexed and its plumage scored. This meant that each bird was identifiable from the air and on the ground. Binoculars were used from a central observation point to observe the nests and activities of both the breeders and non-breeders. Weather conditions were irregularly noted daily.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2014-09-03 - record updated by Dave Connell.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/AADC-00034

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
5f85513a-3541-47e2-904b-1382c80d9c83

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T03:45:26

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00034

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
1999-10-07T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-04-26

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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