Abstract:
Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tags have been used to track Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus), Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) and King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) from South Georgia since 2004. PTT tags use the ARGOS satellite system to collect geospatial data. These tags are deployed on a project-by-project basis and so data are not available for every year. Included in the dataset is data from females recorded during long, post-laying foraging periods as well as from fledged birds.
Keywords:
Aptenodytes patagonicus, Eudyptes chrysolophus, Gentoo Penguin, King Penguin, Macaroni Penguin, PTT Tag, Pygoscelis papua
| 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/ |
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| Creation Date: | 2019-08-02 |
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| Dataset Progress: | In Work |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Pütz K, Trathan PN, Pedrana J, Collins MA, Poncet S, Lüthi B (2014) Post-Fledging Dispersal of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) from Two Breeding Sites in the South Atlantic. PLoS ONE 9(5): e97164. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097164 Ratcliffe, N., Hill, S.L., Staniland, I.J., Brown, R., Adlard, S., Horswill, C., Trathan, P.N. 2015. Do krill fisheries compete with macaroni penguins? Spatial overlap in prey consumption and catches during winter. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (11), pp. 1339-1348 Scheffer, A., Trathan, P.N., Edmonston, J.G., Bost, C.A. (2016) Combined influence of meso-scale circulation and bathymetry on the foraging behaviour of a diving predator, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus). Progress in Oceanography 141, 1-16. Scheffer A, Trathan PN, Collins M. (2010). Foraging behaviour of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in relation to predictable mesoscale oceanographic features in the Polar Front Zone to the north of South Georgia. Progress in Oceanography 86:232-245 Tanton, J.L., Reid, K., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N. (2004) Winter distribution and behaviour of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua at South Georgia. Polar Biol., 27: 299-303. Trathan, P.N., Bishop, C., Maclean, G., Brown P., Fleming, A., Collins, M.A. (2008). Linear tracks and restricted temperature ranges characterise penguin foraging pathways. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 370: 285-294. Trathan, P.N., Green, C., Tanton, J., Peat, H., Poncet, J., Morton A. (2006) Foraging dynamics of macaroni penguins Eudyptes chryolophus at South Georgia during brood-guard. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 323: 239-251. Method Wilson RP, Pütz K, Peters G, Culik B, Scolaro JA, Charrassin JB, Ropert-Coudert Y (1997) Long-term attachment of transmitting and recording devices to penguins and other seabirds. Wildl Soc Bull 25:101?106 |
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| Lineage: | Devices were attached using methods modified from previous researchers (Wilson et al. 1997). Fieldwork was approved by the British Antarctic Survey Animal Ethics Committee. | |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2004-01-01 |
| End Date | N/A |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -54.90027 |
| Northernmost | -54.01138 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -38.01428 |
| Easternmost | -36.10265 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | South Georgia Island |
| Detailed Location | N/A |
| Data Storage: | The data are stored in an Oracle database managed by the Scientific Data Manager (Biological Focus), UK PDC |
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