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Feather isotope ratios and sexing of oystercatchers breeding in Iceland, 2013-2017
Dataset comprises of the delta-13C and delta-15N stable isotopic information from feather samples (for 552 individuals) and the sex (assigned by DNA-analysis of blood samples for 321 individuals) of oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) breeding in Iceland during the summers of 2013-2017. The Icelandic oystercatcher population contains individuals that stay in Iceland year-round and individuals that migrate to mainland Europe in the non-breeding season, and feather isotope ratios provide a means of distinguishing between these migratory behaviours (as confirmed by observations of marked individuals). These data were collected by a collaborative team from the University of Iceland, University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Aveiro (Portugal). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12
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- Date (Publication)
- 2020-01-28
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12
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- doi: / 10.5285/acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12
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Gill, J.A., Mendez, V., Gunnarsson, T.G., Alves, J.A., Thorrison, B. (2020). Feather isotope ratios and sexing of oystercatchers breeding in Iceland, 2013-2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of East Anglia Gill, J.A. Point of contact University of East Anglia Gill, J.A. Author University of Iceland Mendez, V.
Author University of Iceland Gunnarsson, T.G.
Author University of Aveiro Alves, J.A.
Author University of Iceland Thorrison, B.
Author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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- Animal behaviour
- Biodiversity
- Environmental survey
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
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© South Iceland Research Centre
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© Natural Environment Research Council
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Gill, J.A., Mendez, V., Gunnarsson, T.G., Alves, J.A., Thorrison, B. (2020). Feather isotope ratios and sexing of oystercatchers breeding in Iceland, 2013-2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12
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- Text, table
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- 10000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2013-01-01
- End date
- 2017-12-31
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- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Feathers were washed in a 2:1 chloroform/methanol solution, left to dry overnight in a fume cupboard and cut into small fragments. Each sample was then weighed and loaded into a combustion Costech elemental analyser coupled to a Thermo Scientific Delta XP continuous flow isotopic ratio mass spectrometer and a Conflo III interface. DNA was extracted from blood samples using a standard ammonium acetate technique (dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.knycvfw) and diluted to a working concentration of 10–50 ng/μL, and used to assign sex following the methods set out in Fridolfsson & Ellegren (1999: DOI: 10.2307/3677252).
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- acbe4aa4-4ed9-428a-b633-ddd1bc119e12 XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:20:22
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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