Abstract:
The presence of marine debris and other material from human activity within bird colonies on Bird Island has been recorded since 1992. Bird colonies on the Island are regulary monitored for the presence of debris as part of CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program. Debris can be found within the colonies, entangling the birds, or within diet samples. Where possible, all debris are removed. The date of survey, debris type and debris dimensions are recorded.
This data is submitted to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as part of their Marine Debris Programme.
Keywords:
Marine debris, Seabird Colonies
| 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: Marine debris from nests and diet samples at Bird Island, from 1989 onwards (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01207), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy] |
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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: | Phillips RA, Ridley C, Reid K, Pugh PJA, Tuck GN, Harrison N (2010) Ingestion of fishing gear and entanglements of seabirds: monitoring and implications for management Biological Conservation 143: 501-512 Ridley C, Harrison NM, Phillips RA, Pugh PJA (2010) Identifying the origins of fishing gear ingested by seabirds: a novel multivariate approach Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20: 621-631 Huin, Nicolas; Croxall, John P.. 1996 Fishing gear, oil and marine debris associated with seabirds at Bird Island, South Georgia, during 1993/1994. Marine Ornithology, 24 (1-2). 19-22. |
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| Lineage: | Bird colonies on Bird Island are checked frequently for the presence of marine debris as part of CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program. Debris can be found within the colonies, entangling the birds, or within diet samples. Where possible, all debris are removed. The date of survey, debris type and debris dimensions are recorded. 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 | 1992-01-01 |
| End Date | N/A |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| 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 |