Tracking of Short-tailed shearwaters

This record presents data collected from tagged and recaptured Short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris), with data presented throughout the Southern Ocean. The study was initially conducted on Wedge Island (43 km2), southern Tasmania (43o 07' S, 147o 40' E). Fifty geolocation archival (GLS) tag deployments were made on 34 adult birds in the pre-laying exodus (n = 18), incubation (n = 12) and early chick-rearing (ECR) phases (n = 20). In 2012, 12 birds were tracked during the pre-laying exodus. GLS tags were deployed between the 10th and the 18th of October. Ten birds were tracked from Wedge Island (as in 2010) and 2 were tracked from Whalebone Point, Bruny Island (43.44 South, 147.23 East; birds 22 and 80).

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Date (Creation)
2014-01-16T11:00:00

Owner

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Hindell, Mark, Dr (Professor)
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
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Credit
Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Status
On going

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - McMahon, Clive, Dr (Honorary Associate)
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
ORCID ID >

Owner

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Hindell, Mark, Dr (Professor)
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
ORCID ID >

Topic category
  • Oceans

Extent



Temporal extent

Time position
2010-10-23
Time position
2012-12-02
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
Marine Community Profile of ISO19115 v1.4 Collection Methods Vocabulary (Annex C.1.3)
  • Tags and Tracking Devices
  • Marine Seabirds
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
  • Wildlife and Habitat Management
  • Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
water-bodies (internal use)
  • Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean
  • Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean
  • Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean
  • Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA
  • Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC
  • Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
land-masses (internal use)
  • Countries | Australia
  • States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
  • States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria
  • States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania
  • States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales
  • Offshore Islands (Australia) | Macquarie Island
  • Continents | Antarctica
AODN Platform Vocabulary
AODN Sampling Parameter Vocabulary
AODN Instrument Vocabulary

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Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Supplemental Information
Using 2010 data: Cleeland, J.B., Lea, M.-A., & Hindell, M.A. (2014). Use of the Southern Ocean by breeding Short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 450: 109-117.

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement

Identifier

Code
Latitude north
Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UAAA
Name
Degrees

Identifier

Code
Longitude east
Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UAAA
Name
Degrees

Distribution Information

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS - Shearwater biologging [direct download]

OnLine resource
imos:aatams_biologging_shearwater_map

MAP - Shearwater tracks

OnLine resource
aatams_biologging_shearwater_data

This OGC WFS service returns the data for download in subsettable CSV format.

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Resource lineage

Statement
MK-19 GLS tags (Biotrack Ltd., Wareham, UK) are well suited for tracking small Procellariiform seabirds due to their miniature size (16×14×6mm, 2.5g) and inexpensive cost. Prior to the pre-laying exodus a threshold weight of 540gwas used when choosing individuals for tag deployment, to ensure that no birds in poor condition were included in the sample. Due to an improvement in post-migration body condition following the pre-laying exodus the minimum weight for tag deployment was increased to greater than 580 g. Biotrack MK-19 GLS tags sample light level every minute and record the maximum light measurement in every five minute period, which is the primary data for estimating initial location. They also sample the time when an activity (wet or dry) state change occurs, with water temperature recorded after twenty minutes in the wet phase, which acted as auxiliary environmental data for estimating initial location. Prior to deployment, GLS temperature sensors were calibrated, in a water bath at 2 °C increments between 0 °C to 24 °C and then at 28 °C, to cover the SST range of the expected foraging area. Individual tags were placed in an open space for three days at the deployment location to produce a sequence of light recordings at a known location from which solar elevation estimates could be calculated. After retrieval, the raw archived tag data was downloaded, and adjustments for internal clock drift were made. The 2010 tracking work is part of a multi-species study funded by the Australian Animal Tracking And Monitoring System (AATAMS) Facility of the Integrated Marine Observation System (IMOS). In 2012, slightly different GLS tags (MK3005 V608, Biotrack), was deployed. These are recognised by the company manufacturing as comparable to the MK-19 tags. Track estimation was performed in R with the package SGAT (which is freely available on GitHub). The locations for each bird represent the mean locations of each twilight from the 12,000 possible fitted tracks from the final fitted model.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
seabird and duck

Instrument

Identifier

Code
tracking tags

Metadata

Metadata identifier
8cea53a2-68d6-4d94-a3bf-29d76f14d092

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/8cea53a2-68d6-4d94-a3bf-29d76f14d092

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Date info (Creation)
2020-10-12T16:00:31
Date info (Revision)
2020-10-12T16:00:31

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

AODN Platform Vocabulary
seabird and duck
AODN Sampling Parameter Vocabulary
Latitude north Longitude east
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Wildlife and Habitat Management
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
MIGRATORY RATES/ROUTES
Marine Community Profile of ISO19115 v1.4 Collection Methods Vocabulary (Annex C.1.3)
Marine Seabirds Tags and Tracking Devices

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