4d3b48df-a85f-415f-bef8-9c213816b0d2 eng utf8 dataset dataset NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact 2024-08-22 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry 2008-11-12 publication European Petroleum Survey Group EPSGadministrator@iogp.org https://www.epsg-registry.org/ EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry. information publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031 6.18.3 Rothera wildlife sightings 1998 to 2021 2024-08-22 creation 2024-08-22 revision 2024-08-22 publication 2024-08-22 released 1.0 https://doi.org/10.5285/4d3b48df-a85f-415f-bef8-9c213816b0d2 doi GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01872 https://data.bas.ac.uk/ Please cite this item as: Clarke, A., Hughes, K., Phillips, R., Venables, H., Fisher, A., Beaumont, J., Bolton, E., Chapman, A., Clark, M., Collins, C., Duggan, S., Fenton, M., Geissler, P., Hall, R., Heiser, S., Hinde, S., King, M., Loines, J., Mann, P., ... Waring, Z. (2024). Rothera wildlife sightings 1998 to 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4d3b48df-a85f-415f-bef8-9c213816b0d2 Since 1998, station personnel have been recording the wildlife they've observed whilst living and working at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica, as part of the Rothera Time-Series (RaTS) project. Originally, this consisted of a daily count of animals seen recorded in a logbook. More recently, dedicated wildlife survey recording sheets have been made available. The handwritten raw data were then collated and input into a spreadsheet, creating a database of wildlife sightings. Funding source: These data have been collected by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) personnel as part of an on-going long-term monitoring programme supported by NERC core funding. No credit. completed Clarke, Andrew British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Hughes, Kevin British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Phillips, Richard British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Venables, Hugh British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Fisher, Alysa British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Beaumont, Jennifer British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Bolton, Emma British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Chapman, Alice British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Clark, Marlon British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Collins, Clement British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Duggan, Sharon British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Fenton, Mairi British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Geissler, Paul British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Hall, Richard British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Heiser, Sabrina British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Hinde, Stephen British Antarctic Survey Researcher author King, Michelle British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Loines, John British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Mann, Paul British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Massey, Alison British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Mathews, Ryan British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Milius, Nigel British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Miller, Andrew British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Nicholson, Mairi British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Piper, Rayner British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Pountney, Samuel British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Reed, Sarah British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Reeves, Simon British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Reichardt, Aurelia British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Rossaak, Andrew British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Rossetti, Helen British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Rouen, Simon British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Snell, Katherine British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Souster, Terri British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Tersch, Matthew British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Thomson, Lesley British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Waring, Zoe British Antarctic Survey Researcher author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact asNeeded completed EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026-01-27 publication 23 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD United States of America https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords 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. information publisher count data direct observation wildlife theme Rothera Point and surrounding area Antarctica place Habitats and biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-01-06 revision otherRestrictions public access limited according to Article 13(1)(e) of the INSPIRE Directive license Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/ otherRestrictions This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 otherRestrictions This dataset is under embargo until the publication of associated articles. url url crossReference url url crossReference textTable eng utf8 biota -68.37 -68.06 -67.62 -67.52 1998-02-02 2021-10-31 0.0 300.0 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::5714 MSL height Not specific to any location or epoch. Hydrography. 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. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information distributor text/csv application/vnd.ms-excel bytes 8178893 http://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=4d3b48df-a85f-415f-bef8-9c213816b0d2 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download bytes 8178893 http://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=4d3b48df-a85f-415f-bef8-9c213816b0d2 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download dataset Methodology: Since 1998, station personnel have been recording the wildlife they've observed whilst living and working at Rothera Research Station, as part of the Rothera Time-Series (RaTS) project. Originally, this consisted of a daily count of animals seen recorded in a logbook kept in Bransfield House. More recently, dedicated wildlife survey recording sheets have been made available in both New Bransfield House (NBH) and the Bonner Lab. The handwritten raw data are then collated and input into a spreadsheet, creating a database of wildlife sightings. The exact methodology has changed a few times over the years. Originally, the largest single count per species per day was recorded in the spreadsheet. However, in January 2015 there was a significant change in how the data were collected. Firstly, the original recording sheets left a (fairly small) space to note down species names. This reduced the number of observations and often led to a highlights-only approach. The new recording sheet lists all the regular species and so is simpler to use, and responders are prompted to record everything they see. Secondly, to smooth out some of the noise, there was a switch from recording daily observations to weekly presence/absence data, together with the maximum number of each species observed at once during that week. This also reduced the impact of the same animals being counted multiple times by different observers. The different versions of the data recording sheets are available on request from the UK Polar Data Centre In some years, the Bonner Terrestrial Assistant conducted regular wildlife counts. From 2013, the Air Unit Ground Coordinator requested his own recording sheets and conducted daily surveys throughout the summer months from the Hangar. But for the most part, data have been recorded on a casual basis by anyone on Station. Data validation An individual data cell can be of four types 1. A record with numbers 2. A record with words ('x', 'few', 'some', 'many', 'lots', 'loads') 3. Empty, indicating that species was not seen during that recording period (day or week) 4. Empty because no observations were recorded on that day (or during that week) The first is straightforward, needing no interpretation. The second required interpretation; these were recoded as follows: 'x' = 1 (simply indicating the presence of at least one individual) 'few' = 2 (based on the frequency of previous observations) 'some' = 5 (based on the frequency of previous observations) 'many', 'lots' and 'loads' = 50 (based on the frequency of previous observations) For the remaining two types (empty cells): Where there were data for other species on that day, the cell was coded as 0. Where there were no data for any other species on that day, or an absence of observations is specifically mentioned, that cell was coded as missing data. Data quality: Volunteer data collection Volunteer-collected observational data has its limitations, with the following impacting data quality and variability: -The accuracy of species identification depends on the observer's experience. For this dataset, this will have varied hugely. -The number of individual animals recorded may be rough estimates. The greater the number recorded, the less accurate the estimate is likely to be. -There will have been variability in whether observers were using a telescope, binoculars, or the naked eye. This will not have been recorded. -Recording effort varies hugely at every timescale. This relates to how long an observer spent outside observing, but also how many different people completed recording sheets on any particular day, week, or month. This is influenced by the number of people on station on any given day (there are far more people on Station in summer than in winter), the daylight hours available to make observations (the sun doesn't rise for six weeks during midwinter), whether the weather encouraged people to spend time outside, amongst other factors. Missing data Certain months have no data at all. This may be due to no-one completing a recording sheet during that month, or because recording sheets were lost before being input to the spreadsheet. asNeeded completed