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Argos Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tracking of chinstrap penguins at the South Orkney Islands, from 2000-2016
This dataset comprises Platform Terminal Transmitter (PTT) data for chinstrap penguins at Signy, Laurie and Monroe Islands, part of the South Orkney Islands, between December and February 2000-2016 (austral summer). The tracking data encompasses the breeding and post-breeding migratory dispersal of chinstrap penguins. The data includes coordinates for satellite uplinks for each tag and respective trip, along with error values for each satellite uplink. Metadata includes additional information about nesting and morphology, when available.
PTT tags were deployed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) personnel supported by Natural Environment Research Council (UK) core funding, WWF Grant (GB095701), Darwin Plus grant DPLUS054 and CCAMLR special fund.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2025-04-02
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-04-02
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-04-02
- Date (released)
- 2025-04-02
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1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/30c1454c-d733-4a0a-a27b-2435e0922951
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doi
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- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02037
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Please cite this item as: Trathan, P.N., Warwick-Evans, V., Lynnes, A., Brown, S., Croxall, J., Morgan, A., Reid, K., & Smith, D. (2025). Argos Platform Transmitting Terminal (PTT) tracking of chinstrap penguins at the South Orkney Islands, from 2000-2016 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/30c1454c-d733-4a0a-a27b-2435e0922951
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No credit.
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- Completed
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey Trathan, Philip
Author British Antarctic Survey Warwick-Evans, Victoria
Author International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators
Lynnes, Amanda
Author Brown, Steve
Author Croxall, John
Author Morgan, Ash
Author Reid, Keith
Author Smith, Duncan
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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- As needed
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- Completed
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Competition
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Consumption
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Feeding Habitat
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Food-web Dynamics
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Indicator Species
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Migratory Rates/Routes
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Post-breeding
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Trophic Dynamics
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PTT
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Pygoscelid antarcticus
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South Orkney Islands
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chinstrap penguins
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telemetry
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tracking
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- Place
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Signy Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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Monroe Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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Powell Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Open Government Licence v3.0
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This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
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This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
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There are no access constraints.
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url
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 2000-01-13
- End date
- 2001-02-16
- 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
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6.18.3
Distributor
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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- 1
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
http://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=30c1454c-d733-4a0a-a27b-2435e0922951 Get Data
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Methodology:
Argos Platform Terminal Transmitters (PTT) devices were fitted to 63 chinstrap penguins between December and February 2000-2016. Each PTT was fitted to the lower medial portion of the back of each penguin, using Tesa tape and a two-part epoxy resin to secure the device to their feathers, ensuring the position of the device did not hinder the bird's movement, or access to their preen gland. Handling did not exceed 10min. Each bird was restrained using a net or noose pole, according to existing BAS procedure.
Device specifications for each deployment year are specified below. Additional information where known is also provided.
2000-2003:
Deployment: 42 birds fitted with devices between January and February.
Device: SirTrack ST-10 (115x44x15 mm, 94g) or SirTrack ST-18 (115x44x15 mm, 97g). PTT tags had a minimum transmission interval of 45s seconds.
2014-2016:
Deployment: 21 birds fitted with devices between December and February.
Device: KiwiSat 101 transmitters (125x43x20 mm,107 g) or KiwiSat ST-10 transmitters (135x32x18 mm, 107g). Some devices were fitted with a saltwater switch that reduced the transmission rate when they were out of the water, either on land or on ice. The reduced transmission rate was intended to conserve battery power.
Data quality:
Satellite uplinks are given error values as the loc_class and loc_ind, which have an associated readme file further describing their values. The loc_class field indicates an error value for the location which is determined by the number of satellites the tag connected to. The loc_ind field indicates the IQ (quality indicator), which gives information on the transmitter in terms of X and Y.
PTT location data were obtained from the ARGOS system (www.argossystem.org).
Deployment data is filtered to include uplinks within trip duration provided in the metadata. When trip start and end timestamps were not provided, the first and last uplink for that deployment were used.
Metadata
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- 30c1454c-d733-4a0a-a27b-2435e0922951 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-04-02
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
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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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