Adelie Penguin Telemetry Data

Description

The dataset contains geographic location estimates of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) tracked via Argos satellite telemetry in the Southern Ocean for the U.S. Antarctic Marine Living Resources project from 1996-10-29 to 2013-02-19. Birds were instrumented with back-mounted Argos satellite transmitters at the Copacabana Colony (62.21S, 58.42W) on King George Island during the austral summer breeding seasons (October - February) from 1996 to 2013. Typical deployments during the breeding season lasted 5 to 8 days, while some winter deployments lasted several months. The data set identifies the sex of the bird tracked (male, female, or unknown) and the age of the bird (adult). The data also identify the breeding stage of the bird during the summer tracking period (incubation, brood/guard, or creche) or is noted as 'winter' if tracked outside the summer breeding season. The data include the date (DD/MM/YYYY) and time (GMT) of the location estimate. Finally, a categorical estimate of uncertainty in the location estimate is provided by Argos quality codes (3,2,1,0,A,B).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Data can be downloaded from the Seabird Tracking Database http://seabirdtracking.org/mapper/?dataset_id=910
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66613
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/swfsc/dmp/pdf/66613.pdf
0 https://doi.org/10.25921/vdt2-vr91
0 NOAA, NMFS, SWFSC, Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/antarctic-ecosystem-research-division-southwest-fisheries-science-center
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • amlr
  • bransfield strait
  • mark-recapture
  • antarctica
  • environmental
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/swfsc
  • egg-laying
  • brood
  • ecosystem
  • national marine fisheries service
  • noaa. u.s. department of commerce
  • fledgling
  • archival tag
  • southwest fisheries science center
  • east antarctica
  • south orkneys
  • pygoscelis
  • copacabana
  • penguins
  • gentoo
  • admiralty bay
  • adelie
  • king george island
  • amlr predator data

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