Abstract:
Nests of Light-mantled Albatrosses (Phoebetria palpebrata) throughout a study area on Bird Island have been monitored annually since 2000, with surveys in November, January and May. The number of nests, eggs and chicks are counted and from this, yearly breeding success is calculated.
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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/ This data should be cited as follows: Population monitoring of Light-mantled Albatross on Bird Island, South Georgia, from 2000 onward (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01201), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy] We would strongly encourage contacting Richard Philips (raphil@bas.ac.uk) for more information regarding this dataset, including guidance on its reuse. |
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| Creation Date: | 2019-07-26 |
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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: | Croxall, J. P. and Gales, R. 1998. Assessment of the conservation status of albatrosses. In: Robertson, G. and Gales, R. (eds), Albatross biology and conservation, pp. 46-65. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia. Phillips, R.A., Gales, R., Baker, G.B., Double, M.C., Favero, M., Quintana, F., Tasker, M.L., Weimerskirch, H., Uhart, M., Wolfaardt, A. 2016. The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels. Biological Conservation 201: 169-183. Phillips, R. A.; Silk, J. R .D.; Croxall, J. P. 2005. Foraging and provisioning strategies of the light-mantled Sooty Albatross at South Georgia: competition and co-existence with sympatric pelagic predators. Marine Ecology Progress Series 285: 259-270. |
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| Lineage: | Egg failures indicate the number of nests which have failed by the January survey. Hatching success is based on the January survey and therefore incorporates some chick mortality in early brood-guard. Chick failures are the number of nests which fail between the January and May surveys. Fledging success is based on survival from January to May surveys. All data were collected under permit from the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. All sampling procedures used were regulated by the British Antarctic Survey Ethical Review Committee in collaboration with Cambridge University and the UK Home Office. |
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| Start Date | 2000-01-01 |
| End Date | N/A |
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| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -54.02103 |
| Northernmost | -53.99857 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -38.08057 |
| Easternmost | -38.01125 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
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| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | South Georgia Island |
| Detailed Location | Bird Island |
| Data Storage: | The data are stored in an Oracle database managed by the Scientific Data Manager (Biological Focus), UK PDC |
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