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AAS_4014_McInnes_et_al_2017_MolecularEcology
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- Citation
- Deagle, B.E., Alderman, R., McInnes, J.C., Jarman, S.N., Lea, M., Raymond, B., Phillips, R.A., Stanworth, A., Suazo, C., Gras, M., Catry, P., Weimerskirch, H. and Thompson, D. (2017) High occurrence of jellyfish predation by black-browed and Campbell albatross identified by DNA metabarcoding, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/5955d989a1940, Accessed: 2026-05-26
- Title
- High occurrence of jellyfish predation by black-browed and Campbell albatross identified by DNA metabarcoding
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/5955d989a1940
- Created Date
- 2017-06-30
- Revision Date
- 2025-06-18
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
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Description
This spreadsheet provides the sequences counts for the DNA groups found in the scats of black-browed albatross at New Island and Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands; Diego Ramírez and Albatross Islet, Chile; Bird Island, South Georgia; Canyon des Sourcils Noirs, Kerguelen Archipelago, France; Macquarie Island, Australia; and Campbell albatross at Campbell Island, NZ.
Scat samples were collected in 2013/14 and 2014/15 at New Island, Steeple Jason Island, Macquarie Island, Campbell Island and Bird Island; in 2013/14 and 2015/16 at Kerguelen; in 2014/15 and 2015/16 at Albatross Islet and in 2013/14 at Diego Ramírez. Samples were collected during Incubation (Oct-Nov), early chick-rearing (Dec-Jan) or late-chick rearing (Feb-Mar). Due to the availability of birds at the colony, samples were predominantly collected from adults during incubation and early chick-rearing and chicks during late chick rearing. Samples sizes were too low during this study to directly compare dietary differences between chicks and adults; however, dietary comparisons between breeding stages were examined for sites where samples were collected during multiple breeding stages.
Samples were PCR amplified with a universal metazoan primer set that is highly conserved and amplifies a region of the nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA gene (18S rDNA). Details of the molecular methods and synthesis of this data can be found in: McInnes, J.C., Alderman, R., Raymond, B., Lea, M-A., Deagle, B., Catry, P., Gras, M., Phillip, R.A., Stanworth, A., Suazo, C., Thompson, D., Weimerskirch, H., Gras. M., and Jarman, S.N. High occurrence of jellyfish predation by black-browed and Campbell albatross identified by DNA metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology.
Purpose
Samples were collected to determine the overall diet of black-browed albatross and Campbell albatross across their breeding range.
Quality
See the referenced paper for more information.
2018-09-24 - dataset reformatted by Daniela Farias for GBIF/OBIS compliance. The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet "McInnesMolecularEcology.csv" provides the dataset ID, event ID, recordNumber, resourceID, relatedResourceID, relationshipOfResource, relationshipAccordingTo, locationID, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, country, countryCode, eventDate, year, verbatimMonth, behaviour, occurrenceStatus, basisOfRecord, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType, protocol. The taxonomical organisation is provided to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2013-12-01 - Stop date: 2016-01-15
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS > JELLYFISHES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES PREDATION
Additional Keywords
- DNA
- DNA Metabarcoding
- Black-Browed Albatross
- MISEQ Genome Sequencer
- Campbell Albatross
- Diet
Locations
- CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > ALBATROSS ISLET
- OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
- OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > BIRD ISLAND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ALBATROSS ISLET
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > CAMPBELL ISLAND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > DIEGO RAMIREZ
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- LABORATORY
Instruments
- MISEQ GENOME SEQUENCER
Researchers
- deagle, bruce (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- alderman, rachael (INVESTIGATOR)
- mcinnes, julie (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- jarman, simon (INVESTIGATOR)
- lea, mary-anne (INVESTIGATOR)
- raymond, ben (INVESTIGATOR)
- phillips, richard (INVESTIGATOR)
- stanworth, andrew (INVESTIGATOR)
- suazo, crisitan (INVESTIGATOR)
- gras, michael (INVESTIGATOR)
- catry, paulo (INVESTIGATOR)
- weimerskirch, henri (INVESTIGATOR)
- thompson, david (INVESTIGATOR)
Use Constraints
Please contact the chief investigator of this work if you wish to use this data set for future analysis.
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4014_McInnes_et_al_2017_MolecularEcology when using these data.
