Tracking data on sooty shearwaters using GLS

The data come from geolocator-immersion loggers which were deployed to study movement, trans-equatorial migration, activity patterns and habitat use of sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) from Kidney Island, Falkland Islands (n=19 individuals), during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

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Last Updated December 14, 2020, 09:52 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:20 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2007-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2010-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2010
Lineage Geolocator-immersion loggers (GLS) combined with stable isotope analysis of feathers were collected to clarify movements and to examine trophic position of sooty shearwaters from Kidney Island during the 2008 and 2009 breeding and nonbreeding seasons. The timing and routes of migration, the duration of residence at the main staging and wintering areas, broad scale habitat associations and trophic positions were identified (Hedd et al. 2012). The data were also used to examine the extent of sexual segregation in the birds disitribution and behaviour throughout the annual cycle (Hedd et al 2014). Results of the study have been published as Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, H Oatley, Phillips RA, Fifield DA (2012) Trans-equatorial migration and habitat use by sooty shearwaters Puffinus griseus from the South Atlantic during the nonbreeding season, Marine Ecology Progresse Series, Vol. 449: 277??"290, 2012, and Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Phillips RA, Fifield DA (2014) Seasonal Sexual Segregation by Monomorphic Sooty Shearwaters Puffinus griseus Reflects Different Reproductive Roles during the Pre-Laying Period. PLoS ONE 9(1): e85572. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085572.
West Longitude -57.7596
South Latitude -51.6267
East Longitude -57.7424
North Latitude -51.6207
Spatial Reference System WGS84
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Access Limitations Restricted, send data request to data custodian
Use Constraints Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Data Format csv
Update Frequency not planned
Accuracy Mean positional error of similar GLS deployed on free-ranging albatrosses was 186 ?? 114 km (Phillips et al 2004 Mar Ecol Prog Ser 266: 265-272) and 202 ?? 171 km (Shaffer et al 2005 Mar Biol 147: 833-843)
Resource Type Dataset
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2014-11-22
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-BLIFE-173

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