Metadata details
ASAC_1257
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- Citation
- Hindell, M.A. (2004) Foraging zones of Macaroni Penguins breeding at Heard Island, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/55500BBB8E803, Accessed: 2026-05-13
- Title
- Foraging zones of Macaroni Penguins breeding at Heard Island
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/55500BBB8E803
- Created Date
- 2000-08-11
- Revision Date
- 2018-09-24
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
With a population of about 2 million pairs macaroni penguins are the most abundant penguin in the HIMI region. These birds feed on mesopelagic fish and, to a lesser extent, mackerel icefish. Despite their great abundance and comparatively proximate links in the food chain to the toothfish fishery, virtually nothing is known about the foraging ecology of macaroni penguins at HIMI. This will identify which regions of the ocean Macaroni penguins use as foraging areas, and in combination with diet studies quantify the potential for competition with fisheries operations in the HIMI region.
The data are stored in a csv excel file.
The fields in this dataset are:
Latitude
Longitude
Date
Direction
Range
Speed
Bearing
Quality
2018-09-24 - The original files was reformatted to fit OBIS/GBFI/IPT Biodiversity.AQ tracking standards, and a new datasheet "MacaroniPenguin.csv" was created. The new dataset contains datasetID, occurrenceID, eventID, eventDate, year, month, day, eventTime, island, locality, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, basisOfRecord, occurrenceStatus, institutionCode, continentCode. The lowest taxonomical rank of the species identified that could be determined is provided, 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: 2000-12-17 - Stop date: 2001-03-11
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES PREDATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > USE/FEEDING HABITATS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
Additional Keywords
- BEARING
- DATE
- DIRECTION
- HEARD ISLAND
- LATITUDE
- LONGITUDE
- MACARONI PENGUINS
- RANGE
- SPEED
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- RADIO TRANSPONDERS
Researchers
- hindell, mark (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
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=ASAC_1257 when using these data.
