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Breeding success of Gentoo penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1982 to 2020 - VERSION 1.0
The breeding success (calculated from nest and chick counts) of Gentoo penguins is monitored annually at Bird Island, South Georgia. The number of incubating nests and chicks reaching fledging stage are counted in several Gentoo penguin colonies. Data exist from 1982 onwards.
This work was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (UK) core funding to the British Antarctic Survey.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2008-09-02
- Date (Revision)
- 2008-09-02
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-09-02
- Date (released)
- 2008-09-02
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1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/c8d5a7a4-e19b-497f-b7ae-56f9a2b15a56
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doi
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- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00333
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Please cite this item as: Trathan, P., Waluda, C., & Ratcliffe, N. (2021). Breeding success of Gentoo penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1982 to 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c8d5a7a4-e19b-497f-b7ae-56f9a2b15a56
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No credit.
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey Trathan, Philip Author British Antarctic Survey Waluda, Claire Author British Antarctic Survey Ratcliffe, Norman Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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Bird Island
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Gentoo penguin
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Pygoscelis papua
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breeding success
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chick count
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nest count
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Lower Mountain Cwm, Bird Island South Georgia Island
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Upper Mountain Cwm, Bird Island South Georgia Island
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Lower Natural Arch, Bird Island South Georgia Island
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Upper Natural Arch, Bird Island South Georgia Island
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Johnson Beach, Bird Island South Georgia Island
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Square Pond, Bird Island South Georgia Island
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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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Trathan, P., Waluda, C., & Ratcliffe, N. (2021). Breeding success of Gentoo penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1982 to 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/C8D5A7A4-E19B-497F-B7AE-56F9A2B15A56
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 1981-11-12
- End date
- 2020-01-19
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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
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- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
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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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Methodology:
Breeding counts are made 7 days after 75% of monitored marked nests in Square Pond and Johnson colonies have laid at least one egg. All occupied nests i.e. those with eggs are counted at Johnson and Square Pond on the appropriate day. All nests are checked and all those containing eggs tallied at each colony. Counts are done at Natural Arch and Mountain Cwm within one day of the Johnson Counts. Separate counts are recorded for the Upper and Lower colonies at Natural Arch and Mountain Cwm. Counts are done 3 times until the numbers are similar (within around 5%), or if two people are counting, then until the two counts are within around 5%.
Chicks are counted at all the above colonies 98 days after peak laying (when 75% of monitored nests have laid eggs). Separate counts are made for the Upper and Lower colonies at Natural Arch and Mountain Cwm. Counts are made on the appropriate dates according to the dates used for the breeding counts. Counts at Natural Arch and Mountain Cwm are made within one day of the Johnson counts as for the breeding counts. Counts are done 3 times until numbers are similar (within around 5%)
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.
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dataset
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- 2008-09-02
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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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