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Investigations of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in Antarctic penguins, and the development of a standardised monitoring scheme

This dataset contains data revealing the incidence of bacterial, viral and parasitic disease causing agents in Antarctic bird populations. Samples for disease analysis have been collected from various species of Antarctic birds during the course of ASAC project 953 and are stored at the Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia and CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratories (AAHL). All analysis is being performed at the Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia. A summary of samples collected and stored for each species is listed below.


Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae): Serum (blood) and faecal (cloacal) swabs were collected from chicks and adults in the Mawson station area, the Vestfold Hills and Terra Nova Bay. Samples from approximately 1200 birds have been stored. Tissue samples have been collected from chick carcasses found in the Vestfold Hills area. Carcasses were collected on an opportunistic basis.


Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri): Serum (blood) and faecal (cloacal) swabs were collected from chicks at Amanda Bay, Auster and Cape Washington. Tissue samples have been obtained from 20 chick carcasses collected from Auster Rookery.


South polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki): Serum (blood) and faecal (cloacal) swabs were collected from 125 adult birds in the Vestfold Hills area.


This project has close ties with ASAC project 1336 (ASAC_1336 - South polar skuas as vectors of disease). See that metadata record for related datasets.


The fields in this dataset are:


Infectious bursal disease virus

Avian influenzae

Avian adenovirus

Sample

Species

Age

Year

Region

Colony Location

Stage of Breeding Season

Blood Sample

Cloacal Swab

Serum

Simple

Identification info

Alternate title
Investigations of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in Antarctic penguins, and the development of a standardised monitoring scheme
Date (Publication)
2017-08-29
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:10.4225/15/58744d1b5b769

Originator

Kerry, K., Shellam, G. and Watts, J.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

KERRY, KNOWLES
PO Box 89
Richmond
Tasmania
7025
Australia
+61 3 6260 4216

Principal investigator

SHELLAM (DECEASED), GEOFF
Department of Microbiology
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
University of Western Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Principal investigator

WATTS, JOANNE
Department of Microbiology
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
University of Western Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Collaborator

WATTS, JOANNE
Department of Microbiology
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
University of Western Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia
6009
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_953

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
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
E
W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1996-09-01 2002-03-31
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
Keywords
  • ADELIE PENGUIN
  • AGE
  • AVIAN ADENOVIRUS
  • AVIAN INFLUENZAE
  • BLOOD SAMPLE
  • CLOACAL SWAB
  • COLONY LOCATION
  • DISEASE
  • EMPEROR PENGUIN
  • IBDV
  • INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS
  • REGION
  • SAMPLE
  • SERUM
  • SOUTH POLAR SKUA
  • SPECIES
  • STAGE OF BREEDING SEASON
  • YEAR
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Vestfold Hills
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Bechervaise Island
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Welch Island
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Auster
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Amanda Bay
  • 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
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

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 provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_953 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
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Distributor

Fees
free
Planned available datetime
2017-08-29T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
138
Distribution format
  • Excel

OnLine resource
GET DATA

Download point for the data - excel spreadsheets

OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for ASAC project 953

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Resource lineage

Statement
Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only. Years are correct.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2017-01-10 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2017-08-29 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/ASAC_953

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

WATTS, JOANNE
Department of Microbiology
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
University of Western Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
ad2eb8b8-45ef-4baf-b4b6-a02fa038107e

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T06:38:51

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_953

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2000-07-27T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-08-29

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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