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Rauer Group Petrels. Breeding distribution and abundance of surface-nesting petrels in the Rauer Islands, East Antarctica.
Previous exploration and ornithology in the Rauer Group are reviewed. Estimates of the nesting populations of southern fulmars and Antarctic petrels are compared with censuses conducted in 1983/84 and 1984/85. Population estimates varied considerably between years, and within the same year between different observers. To remedy this situation the three islands with sympatric breeding populations of the two species were divided into counting units, which are detailed with photographs. The total populations of surface-nesting petrels are in the order of 14000 pairs of fulmars, 2500 pairs of Antarctic petrel and 400 pairs of cape petrels. Chick survival was estimated at the time of banding and varied considerable between species, islands and years.
The fields in this dataset are:
Location: Filla Island, Buchan Island and Hop Island Southern Fulmar Antarctic Petrel Cape Petrel Birds Counted Estimated Pairs Population Estimates Chick survival Occupied Nests Number of Birds Conversion factor
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Rauer Group Petrels. Breeding distribution and abundance of surface-nesting petrels in the Rauer Islands, East Antarctica.
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-10-10
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Woehler, E.
Publisher
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- 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
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- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
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W
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Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1981-12-15 1985-12-31
- Title
- Breeding distribution and abundance of surface-nesting petrels in the Rauer Islands, East Antarctica
- Date (Publication)
- 1986
- Citation identifier
- 35
Author
Green, K. and Johnstone, G.W.
Publisher
Australian Antarctic Division
- Name
- ANARE Research Notes
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
- Keywords
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- ABUNDANCE
- ANTARCTIC PETREL
- BIRDS
- BREEDING
- BUCHAN ISLAND
- CAPE PETRELS
- CHICK SURVIVAL
- DISTRIBUTION
- ESTIMATED PAIRS
- FILLA ISLAND
- HOP ISLAND
- OCCUPIED NESTS
- PETRELS
- POPULATION ESTIMATES
- RAUER ISLAND
- SOUTHERN FULMAR
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
- COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Rauer Group
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- The dataset is available for download from the provided URL.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license
- 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=ASAC_1219_AAT_NI_ADPE_Colonies 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
- 2012-10-10T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- KB
- Transfer size
- 8.8
- Distribution format
-
- excel
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA
Download point for the data
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Dataset is as complete as practicable for the 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons. During the main period of the study (December 1983-February 1985), Antarctic petrels and southern fulmars were censused on Filla, Hop and Buchan Islands, and the southern face of McNab Island. Reference Breeding Groups (RGB's) were established by marking out roughly rectangular areas using natural feathers as boundaries where possible. One area for fulmars and Antarctic petrels was marked out on each island. The birds and occupied nests within these RGB's were accurately counted. The RGB's were counted before and after each count in the other colonies. Calculations of nesting pairs were made on the basis of the ratios within the RGB's between numbers of birds and numbers of nests. Colonies were divided into discrete units for counting, and each unit was assigned a code number. The Hop Island censuses were conducted on 13 January 1984, 10 December 1984, 2 January 1985 and 3 January 1985. The Filla Island censuses were conducted on 28 December 1983, 29 January 1984, 5 January 1985 and 6 January 1985. The Buchan Island census was conducted on 10 February 1984. The number of chicks banded in the RGB's were used as a measure of breeding success, by expressing survival as a percentage of the number of pairs known to have attempted nesting. In 1983/84 chicks of both species were banded on 15 February (Filla Island) and 23 February (Hop Island). In 1984/85 Antarctic petrel chicks were banded on 2 February (Filla and Hop Islands) and fulmar chicks on 18 February (Filla Island) and 19 February (Hop Island). Plates of the areas counted are given in the documentation. Fulmars, Antarctic petrels and cape petrels were all counted simultaneously using the same census method. Results are logically consistent. Reference Breeding Group (RGB) areas were accurately measured, and are given to the nearest 0.1m.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- Linked spreadsheet through URL detailing data from ANARE 35. Provided Abstract and fields in the dataset. 2015-04-28 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASAC_1219_AAT_Pet_RI
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Australian Antarctic Division
Owner
AADC
- Title
- Parent Metadata Record
- Citation identifier
- Seabirds_AAT
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- e5253359-cd40-4878-9003-74c19937dd9e
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-30T04:48:30
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/ASAC_1219_AAT_Pet_RI
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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