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Platform transmitting terminal (PTT) tracking of Gentoo penguins at South Georgia, winter 2018
Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tags were used to track Gentoo penguins from Maiviken and Ocean Harbour, South Georgia, from June to September 2018. PTT tags were attached to the lower back feathers with tape and glue. PTT tags use the ARGOS satellite system to collect geospatial data. Tags were deployed to provide information on the protection afforded to Gentoo penguins by the 12NM no take zone (part of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Island MPA that is closed to fishing), and the krill fishing grounds.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2020-12-07
- Date (Revision)
- 2020-12-07
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-12-07
- Date (released)
- 2020-12-07
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1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/01e8e674-0403-4cca-8271-415b63130c3d
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doi
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01442
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Please cite this item as: Ratcliffe, N., & Love, K. (2020). Platform transmitting terminal (PTT) tracking of Gentoo penguins at South Georgia, winter 2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/01e8e674-0403-4cca-8271-415b63130c3d
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, UK Research & Innovation Ratcliffe, Norman Author British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, UK Research & Innovation Love, Kieran
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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- As needed
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- Completed
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Fishery overlap
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Gentoo penguin
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Marine Protected Area
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PTT tag
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Satellite tracking
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South Georgia
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Winter movements
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South Georgia Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- no limitations to public access
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- Open Government Licence v3.0
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Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0:
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No restrictions apply.
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url
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- Cross reference
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 2018-06-11
- End date
- 2018-09-03
- Supplemental Information
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
- Version
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6.18.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=01e8e674-0403-4cca-8271-415b63130c3d Get Data
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Methodology:
PTT tags were deployed on eight randomly selected birds roosting at Maiviken ( 11 June 2018) and eight randomly selected birds roosting at Ocean Harbour (18 June 2018). Birds were then released and positions were transmitted via the ARGOS system until the tags expired.
Data quality:
Satellite fixes are between 1.5 and 10km accurate, depending on the accuracy class assigned by ARGOS.
The PTT data files include quality information, under the fields loc_class and loc_ind. The loc_class field indicates an error value for the location which is determined by the number of satellites the tag connected with. Codes are detailed in readme.txt file. The loc_ind field indicates the IQ (Quality indicator). This indicator gives information on the transmitter in terms of X and Y. X (the first digit in the loc_ind field) indicates residual error on the frequency calculation. Y (the second digit in the loc_ind field) indicates transmitter oscillator frequency drift between two satellite passes. Meanings of the values of X and Y are detailed in the readme.txt file.
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- 01e8e674-0403-4cca-8271-415b63130c3d XML
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2020-12-07
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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