TemperateReefBase Geonetwork Catalogue
South polar skuas as vectors of disease
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1336
See the link below for public details on this project.
---- Public Summary from Project ----
Antarctica is considered the most remote ecosystem in the world and yet recent studies have discovered high infection rates for some common poultry diseases in penguins. Because of the increase in human presence in Antarctica from station personnel and tourism there is concern that humans are introducing the diseases to Antarctic wildlife. Alternatively, migratory birds such as the South Polar skua may act as the primary agent bringing exotic diseases to Antarctic penguins. This study will investigate the role of South Polar skuas in the introduction and transmission of diseases to Antarctic penguins. To do this we will assess the normal viral, bacterial and parasitic flora of skuas. In addition we will monitor the effects diseases have on the growth and survivorship of skua chicks. Finally, through radio tracking, we will investigate the local and migratory movements of skuas to determine the scope of their influence. By understanding the role that skuas play in the dynamics of diseases in Antarctica we will be able to define the role of humans more clearly.
The download file attached to this metadata record contains a number of excel spreadsheets, and corresponding work documents. Each spreadsheet is paired with a word document (of the same name), which explains each column, etc in detail.
This project is related to ASAC project 953 (ASAC_953), Investigations of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in Antarctic penguins, and the development of a standardised monitoring scheme.
The fields in this dataset are:
Skuas
Adults
Chicks
Disease
Date
Mate
Band number
Weight
Length
Blood
Haematology
Latitude
Longtiude
Cloacal swabs
Head
Tarsus
Culmen
Bill
South Polar Skua
Adelie Penguin
Viral swab
bacterial swab
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- South polar skuas as vectors of disease
- Date (Publication)
- 2015-09-02
- Edition
- 1
- Citation identifier
-
Dataset DOI
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-04-23
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.4225/15/55E68384B48E1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
-
- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1999-11-19 2004-01-27
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
- Keywords
-
- ADELIE PENGUIN
- ADULTS
- BACTERIAL SWAB
- BAND NUMBER
- BILL
- BLOOD
- CHICKS
- CLOACAL SWABS
- CULMEN
- DATE
- DISEASE
- HAEMATOLOGY
- HEAD
- LATITUDE
- LENGTH
- LONGTIUDE
- MATE
- SKUAS
- SOUTH POLAR SKUA
- TARSUS
- VIRAL SWAB
- WEIGHT
- 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
- These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
-
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 at the provided http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1336 when using these data
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 2015-09-02T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 167
- Distribution format
-
- Excel, Word
- OnLine resource
-
GET DATA
Download point for the data - spreadsheets and word files
- OnLine resource
-
PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 1336
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2015-09-02 - record updated by Dave Connell. Basic updates and public release of data.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASAC_1336
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 1bdea4a5-b3f2-410e-a8ab-24e4824b2ad0
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-29T18:21:33
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_1336
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2001-04-09T00:00:00
- 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
Overviews
Spatial extent
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