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TDR tracks of chinstrap penguins at the South Orkneys Islands, 2011-2019 [Version 2.0]
This dataset comprises Time-Depth Recorder (TDR) tracks of chinstrap penguins, Pygoscelid antarcticus, at the South Orkney Islands (Signy, Monroe, Powell and Laurie Island) from 2011 to 2019. Chinstrap penguins were fitted with TDR tags between December to January (austral summer) to better understand their movement for seabird conservation and management. The data includes temperature and pressure at specified intervals for deployed tags, with additional metadata on the morphology of the birds, their deployment, and breeding.
Work was carried out by personnel at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (UK) core funding to BAS.
This is an updated version of a previous dataset. There have been additional tracks included with further quality control carried out.
Simple
- Alternate title
- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02020
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-03-12
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02020
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Keywords
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- NDGO0001
- NERC OAI Harvesting
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- NERC_DDC
- GCMD Parameter Valids
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Diurnal Movements
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Feeding Habitat
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Food-web Dynamics
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Indicator Species
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Population Dynamics
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Range Changes
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Trophic Dynamics
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Chinstrap penguin
- Pygoscelid antarcticus
- Signy Island
- TDR
- Temperature-depth recorder
- Tracking
- Use limitation
- This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 2011-12-29
- End date
- 2019-01-24
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- Protocol
- http
- Name
- GET DATA
- Function
- download Download
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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Files were consolidated to include only the timestamp, pressure in dBars, and temperature in degrees Celsius. When known, the temperature was recorded as internal, external or both. If not known, the temperature is recorded as ''Temperature''. Internal temperature relates to the sensor inside of the instrument, whereas the external temperature means the sensor was on the outside of the instrument.
This is a version 2 of a previous dataset, that included GPS and TDR tags together. Errors found in the metadata and data were rectified in this version, which also includes a broader spatial and temporal coverage of tracks.
Where the sex of the bird was not known, ''U'' was used in the metadata file.
- File identifier
- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_02020 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-12
- Metadata standard name
- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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