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Foraging ecology of emperor penguins in summer and potential overlap with fisheries
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1252 See the link below for public details on this project.
Currently three datasets are attached to this metadata record. Dive data collected in 1988, track data from adult birds collected in 1994 and track data from fledglings collected in 1995.
Dive data are available in Microsoft Word format, while the track data are available in Microsoft Excel format.
A readme file (txt) is included in each download file to explain column headings, etc.
---- Public Summary from Project ----
To breed successfully the winter-breeding emperor penguins must fatten on two occasions: once before the onset of moult in January, and again prior to the commencement of the new breeding season in March. Interference with the capacity of the penguins to fatten in summer might be detrimental to the their breeding performance and survival later on in winter. This study seeks to determine the likely impact of commercial fishing operations on emperor penguin colonies at the Mawson Coast. More specifically, the data pertains to the locations of emperor penguins when fattening prior to the moult, and prior to the new breeding season.
Project objectives:
1. To determine the extent and location of foraging areas of post-breeding adult Emperor penguins in summer.
3. To determine the extent and locations of foraging areas of fledgling Emperor penguins on their first trip to sea.
4. To identify interseasonal and interannual variations in foraging areas in conjunction with changes in seaice conditions and compare these with results from different colonies.
5. To survey the coastline of the AAT to verify the existence (or non-existence) of Emperor penguin colonies.
Emperor penguins are icons of Antarctic wildlife and their conservation is of paramount interest to the wider community. They are also key consumers of marine resources in several areas and consequently there is great potential for interactions between feeding penguins and harvesting of fish and krill. Emperor penguins are one of the few species to breed on the fast ice (although there are three known land-based colonies, one of which has all but ceased to exist in recent years). Thus, the breeding habitat of Emperor penguins is subject to direct alteration as a result of climate change. Colonies of Emperors are found across a wide latitudinal range, from deep in the Ross Sea to the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. This range includes breeding areas where significant changes in seaice are not (yet?) thought to be occurring to areas where seaice is changing rapidly. Accordingly, studies at multiple locations will provide valuable clues on how this species will be affected by a warming Antarctic. Additionally, Emperor penguins are large animals that live in a relatively small number of discrete locations. It is therefore more than feasible, using an international effort, to study an entire species and to make some predictions about their response to a warming world and to current and future fishing practices. This project aims to make the first steps towards an overall conservation assessment of Emperor penguins through studies in several locations around the Antarctic continent. Should these attempts be successful, then a more ambitious international project will be launched to take a species-wide perspective.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Foraging ecology of emperor penguins in summer and potential overlap with fisheries
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-05-31
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
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Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1988-07-31 1996-05-28
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2000-12-05 2001-02-08
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2004-09-30 2007-03-31
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2008-09-30 2012-03-31
- Title
- Pre-moult foraging trips and moult locations of Emperor penguins at the Mawson Coast.
- Date (Publication)
- 2004
- Citation identifier
- 27
Author
- Name
- Polar Biology
- Page
- 83-91
- Title
- Extreme dives by free-ranging emperor penguins
- Date (Publication)
- 2007
- Citation identifier
- 30
Author
- Name
- Polar Biology
- Page
- 133-142
- Title
- Population estimates of emperor penguins at Amanda Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Antarctica
- Date (Publication)
- 2009
- Citation identifier
- 45
- Citation identifier
- 10.1017/S0032247408007985
Author
- Name
- Polar Record
- Issue identification
- 234
- Page
- 207-214
- Title
- Maiden journey of fledgling emperor penguins from the Mawson Coast, East Antarctica
- Date (Publication)
- 2010
- Citation identifier
- 410
Author
- Name
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Page
- 269-282
- Title
- Coordinated Movements Prevent Jamming in an Emperor Penguin Huddle
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Citation identifier
- 6
- Citation identifier
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0020260
Author
- Name
- PLoS ONE
- Issue identification
- 6
- Page
- e20260
- Title
- An Emperor Penguin Population Estimate: The First Global, Synoptic Survey of a Species from Space
- Date (Publication)
- 2012
- Citation identifier
- 7
- Citation identifier
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0033751
Author
- Issue identification
- 4
- Page
- e33751
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > USE/FEEDING HABITATS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > CONSUMPTION RATES
- Keywords
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- ANTARCTICA MOULT
- COMMERCIAL FISHING
- EMPEROR PENGUIN
- FATTENING
- FORAGING
- SEA-ICE
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Antarctic Peninsula
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Mawson Coast
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- These data are publicly available for download from the provided URLs.
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_1252 when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 2016-05-31T00:00:00
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 2016-05-31T00:00:00
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 2016-05-31T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 548
- Distribution format
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- Word
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 453
- Distribution format
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- Excel
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 94
- Distribution format
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- Excel
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA
Download point for the dive data 1988
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA
Download point for satellite tracking data of adult birds 1994
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA
Download point for satellite tracking data of fledgling birds 1995
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA
Access the ARGOS Satellite Tracking Database - Relevant campaigns include 42, 45, 51, 59, 81 and 86
- OnLine resource
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PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 1252
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2009-04-23 - record updated by Dave Connell from information provided in the progress report. 2009-08-18 - record updated by Dave Connell after data were submitted by Barbara Wienecke. 2012-08-10 - record updated by Barbara Wienecke. 2013-05-01 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a link to the ARGOS Database. 2016-05-24 - record updated by Dave Connell to release the data.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASAC_1252
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- a629f7d1-b45b-4f4b-b1c2-9cc669e868c6
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-30T04:49:26
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1252
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2000-08-11T00:00:00
- 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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