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Antarctic Fur Seal foraging trip duration, Bird Island, South Georgia from 1978 onwards
Since 1978, female Antarctic Fur Seal foraging trip duration has been monitored on Bird Island, South Georgia. Each year 20 female Fur Seals are tagged with a VHF transmitter. Disruptions to the transmitter's signal indicate the seal is at sea and thus foraging trip time can be calculated. Data is available for individual seals as well as average, minimum and maximum trip times for each season. This data is collected as part of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources's Marine Debris Programme (CCAMLR CEMP).
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- Date (Creation)
- 2019-07-29
- Date (Revision)
- 2019-07-29
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-07-29
- Date (released)
- 2019-07-29
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1
- Unique resource identifier
- c7a05ef3-e7da-4944-9d8f-dc9084fce22d
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uuid
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01212
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Please cite this item as: None
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- Completed
- Theme
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Antarctic Fur Seal
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Arctocephalus gazella
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Satellite tagging
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foraging distance
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foraging duration
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- Place
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Bird Island South Georgia Island
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- no limitations to public access
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- no limitations
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- License
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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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Fur Seal foraging trip duration, Bird Island, South Georgia from 1978 onwards ( https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01212), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy]
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 1978-01-01
- End date
- 1978-01-01
- 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.
- Title
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
- Cited responsible party
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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
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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bytes
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- 1
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Methodology:
The trip durations of 20 females are recorded each year using small VHF transmitters attached to the seal's fur. When the mother is on land a receiver can hear the signal transmitted by the device and it logs her presence, conversely when she is at sea no signal is heard. From this trip duration can be calculated. Data is available for seals where 6 or more trips were recorded.
All data were collected under permit from the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
All sampling procedures used were regulated by the British Antarctic Survey Ethical Review Committee in collaboration with Cambridge University and the UK Home Office.
Metadata
- File identifier
- c7a05ef3-e7da-4944-9d8f-dc9084fce22d XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2019-07-29
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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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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