IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Seabird and marine mammal tracking data from the Tasman Fracture Marine Park
Biotelemetry devices, including satellite transmitters and archival Global Positioning System (GPS) loggers, were deployed on shy albatrosses, short-tailed shearwaters, and both Australian and long-nosed fur seals. Tags were deployed during the breeding season to maximise data on foraging behaviour and habitat use.
This record currently contains tracking data from breeding adult shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta). Additional tracking data from migratory short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris), the endemic Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus), and long-nosed fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) will be added at a later date.
The shy albatross collection includes raw tracking data, and filtered processed tracks fitted with a state space model (Jonsen et al., 2023). These data include the following variables: birdID, breeding phase, tracker type, date/time, locations in latitude and longitude (for both the raw and fitted), and uncertainty metrics.
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-06-03T00:00:00
Identifier
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Code
- 10.25959/3Z4E-BM76
- Codespace
- doi.org
- Description
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania - Thalmann, Sam
Collaborator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- Credit
- This study was supported by an Our Marine Parks Grants project (Discovering the role of rare, endangered, and culturally important marine predators in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park) and contracted research (Shy albatross foraging and spatial distribution within the Tasman Fracture Marine Park) via funding from the Australian Government.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - Lea, Mary-Anne
University of Tasmania
Tasmania
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2022-09-01 2024-12-31
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Keywords (Theme)
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- biotelemetry
- seabirds
- pinnipeds
- Tasman Fracture Australian Marine Park
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Thalassarche cauta
- Ardenna tenuirostris
- Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus
- Arctocephalus forsteri
- Global Change Master Directory Earth Science Keywords, Version 8.5
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- Data, products and services from IMAS are provided "as is" without any warranty as to fitness for a particular purpose.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
- Website
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Lea, M.-A., Wall, D., Thalmann, S., Hamilton, S., Foo, D. & Green, D. (2026). Seabird and marine mammal tracking data from the Tasman Fracture Marine Park [Data set]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. https://doi.org/10.25959/3Z4E-BM76
- Other constraints
- Please also cite the following publications when citing this data: Lea, M. -A., Barrett, N., Thalmann, S., Hamilton, S., McInnes, J., Miller, B Chapman, C., Wall, D., Green, D., Helyer, N., Edwards, J., Byrne, G., Mansell, J., Foo, D. and Sojitra, M. (2024). Discovering the role of rare, endangered, and culturally important marine predators in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park. A report to Parks Australia, DCCEEW, 183 pages. Wall, D., Sojitra, M., Thalmann, S., Green, D., Hamilton, S., McInnes, J., Hamilton, S., McInnes, J., Byrne, G., Foo, D., Lea, M.-A. (2025). Shy albatross foraging and spatial distribution within the Tasman Fracture Marine Park, A report to DCCEEW, 63 pages. Please also consider citing the broader multidisciplinary project when citing this data: Lea, M.-A., Barrett, N., Thalmann, S., Hamilton, S., McInnes, J., Miller, B., Chapman, C., Wall, D., Green, D., Helyer, N., Edwards, J., Byrne, G., Mansell, J., Foo, D., & Sojitra, M. (2026). A multidisciplinary study of the Tasman Fracture Marine Park pelagic ecosystem. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. https://doi.org/10.25959/HYA7-0327
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Lea, M. -A., Barrett, N., Thalmann, S., Hamilton, S., McInnes, J., Miller, B Chapman, C., Wall, D., Green, D., Helyer, N., Edwards, J., Byrne, G., Mansell, J., Foo, D. and Sojitra, M. (2024). Discovering the role of rare, endangered, and culturally important marine predators in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park. A report to Parks Australia, DCCEEW, 183 pages. Wall, D., Sojitra, M., Thalmann, S., Green, D., Hamilton, S., McInnes, J., Hamilton, S., McInnes, J., Byrne, G., Foo, D., Lea, M.-A. (2025). Shy albatross foraging and spatial distribution within the Tasman Fracture Marine Park, A report to DCCEEW, 63 pages. Viola, B., Puskic, P., Corney, S., Barrett, N., Davies, B., Clausius, E., Jutzeler, M. and Lea, M.-A., 2024. A quantitative assessment of continuous versus structured methods for the detection of marine mammals and seabirds via opportunistic shipboard surveys. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.18796.
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- CSV
- OnLine resource
- DATA ACCESS - raw tracking: Shy Albatross
- OnLine resource
- DATA ACCESS - State Space Model (SSM) fitted: Shy Albatross
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Tracking data was collected from shy albatross individuals breeding at the Mewstone site (146.373031, -43.849866), which is the largest population of shy albatross, in the spring/ summer of the 2022 breeding season, and winter 2024 (2023 breeding season). The data includes three deployments during the incubation period (GPS tags), chick rearing (satellite tags), and the winter, inter-breeding period (satellite tags). Deployments span approximately 2-4 months, providing information on the foraging habitat throughout the annual cycle of this species endemic to Tasmania.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/5e54b26c-d48e-43cd-896d-a714b9873faf
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Name
- IMAS Dataset level record
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5e54b26c-d48e-43cd-896d-a714b9873faf
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-09-19T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-06-03T16:33:46
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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Associated resources
Not available