Metadata details
SNPE84-03
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- Citation
- Woehler, E., van Franeker, J.A. and Olivier, F. (2003) Snow Petrel activity on Reeve Hill: long term monitoring data set (1984-2003), Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5d2d2e1179a93, Accessed: 2026-07-08
- Title
- Snow Petrel activity on Reeve Hill: long term monitoring data set (1984-2003)
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5d2d2e1179a93
- Created Date
- 2003-05-12
- Revision Date
- 2019-07-16
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Long term data sets are useful for identifying temporal changes in the abundance of breeding populations of Antarctic seabirds. This data set is one of only two long term data sets existing for Snow Petrels. The data set comprises records of snow petrel activity for up to 109 nests clearly marked on the colony of Reeve Hill (near Casey station)between 1984 and 2003. A map of the exact nests locations is available as Arcview shapefile.
In the database, the following information was recorded in an Excel worksheet:
- For each colony check: observer(s) name(s), date and time of the nests check, weather before and during observations
- For each nest:
1/nests condition (whether filled with ice/snow or (partially) accessible)
2/activity level in the nests: presence/absence of birds, what sex if known, other signs of activity (footprints, guano, stomach oil)
3/presence of an egg or chick, live or failed
4/presence of old remnants in the nest(egg, chicks)
5/Any specific comments
No data are available for years 1987-1988 and 1988-1989. Data are only available for the early part of the breeding season for 1991-1992, 1992-1993 and 1999-2000.
The fields in this dataset are:
Field
Season
Date
Type of Observation
Time start
Nest Number
Nest condition
Old Remnants
Activity
Egg/Chick
Comments
Quality
Data were collected on a volunteer basis by observers with varying levels of experience. A set of instructions provided by Jan van Franeker defines the way to conduct observations at the colony and record data systematically. Varying numbers of nests were checked from year to year; frequency of observations also vary from season to season.
Data should therefore be treated carefully.
Access
These data are publicly available from the provided URL. Please consult the investigators when accessing these data.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1984-11-14 - Stop date: 2003-03-01
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS
Additional Keywords
- ACTIVITY
- BREEDING
- COLONY
- COMMENTS
- DATE
- EGG/CHICK
- FIELD
- NEST
- NEST NUMBER
- NEST CONDITION
- PAGODROMA NIVEA
- OLD REMNANTS
- REEVE HILL
- SEASON
- TIME
- SNOW PETREL
- TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Researchers
- woehler, eric (INVESTIGATOR)
- van franeker, jan (INVESTIGATOR)
- olivier, frederique (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=SNPE84-03 when using these data.
