Abstract:
Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tags have been used to track Antarctic Fur seals, (Arctocephalus gazella) from South Georgia, since 1998. 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. Tags are generally deployed during the summer season.
Keywords:
Antarctic Fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, PTT Tag
| 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: Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tracking of Antarctic Fur Seals at South Georgia, from 1998 onwards (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01221), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy] |
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| Creation Date: | 2019-08-02 |
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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: | Staniland IJ, Morton A, Robinson SL, Malone D, Forcada J (2011). Foraging behaviour in two Antarctic fur seal colonies with differing population recoveries. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 434:183-196 Boyd IL, Staniland IJ, Martin AR, (2002) Distribution of foraging by female Antarctic fur seals. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 242:285-294 |
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| Lineage: | Fieldwork was approved by the British Antarctic Survey Animal Ethics Committee. All data were collected under permit from the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 1998-01-01 |
| End Date | N/A |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -54.788 |
| Northernmost | -54.788 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -35.826 |
| Easternmost | -35.826 |
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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 | Cooper Bay |
| Data Storage: | The data are stored in an Oracle database managed by the Scientific Data Manager (Biological Focus), UK PDC |
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