Abstract:
This dataset comprises the breeding success of 100 northern Rockhopper penguins at Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha in 2016. The data provides information on nests throughout the breeding season. This information supports the ongoing conservation work at Tristan.
Data were collected by project personnel as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 - 2018.
Keywords:
Breeding, Endangered, Eudyptes moseleyi, Northern Rockhopper penguin, Tristan da Cunha
| Access Constraints: | This data is under embargo. |
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| Use Constraints: | This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Creation Date: | 2018-10-29 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Antje Steinfurth |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| Name | Dr Norman Ratcliffe |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Alex Bond |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Antje Steinfurth, Richard B. Sherley, Rukaya Johaadien, Richard J. Cuthbert, Trevor Glass, Norman Ratcliffe, Peter G. Ryan (in prep) The effect of latitude and colony size on the breeding biology of the most northerly Eudyptes penguin. Ibis | |
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| Lineage/Methodology: | In 2016, 100 northern Rockhopper penguin nests were marked in the main colony on Nightingale Island (37.254 deg S, 12.2832 deg W) and an additional 50 nests in a small satellite colony (37.252 deg S, 12.2833 deg W). Nests were followed from egg-laying to the creching stage to monitor breeding success and to investigate the impact of colony size as one of the possible drivers of breeding success. Data were collected as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 - 2018. | |
| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2016-09-10 |
| End Date | 2016-12-02 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -37.254 |
| Northernmost | -37.252 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -12.2833 |
| Easternmost | -12.2832 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | South Atlantic Ocean |
| Detailed Location | Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha |
| Data Collection: | The nests were marked at the early laying period (15 September). During incubation, nests were checked every five days. Once the first chick had hatched, nest contents were checked every second day. |
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| Data Storage: | .xls file 90kb |
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