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Antarctic Fur Seal foraging trip duration, Bird Island, South Georgia from 1978 onwards
Since 1978, female Antarctic Fur Seal foraging trip duration has been monitored on Bird Island, South Georgia. Each year 20 female Fur Seals are tagged with a VHF transmitter. Disruptions to the transmitter's signal indicate the seal is at sea and thus foraging trip time can be calculated. Data is available for individual seals as well as average, minimum and maximum trip times for each season. This data is collected as part of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources's Marine Debris Programme (CCAMLR CEMP).
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- Date (Creation)
- 2019-07-29
- Date (Revision)
- 2019-07-29
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-07-29
- Date (released)
- 2019-07-29
- Edition
- 1
- Unique resource identifier
- c7a05ef3-e7da-4944-9d8f-dc9084fce22d
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- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01212
- Codespace
- https://data.bas.ac.uk/
- Other citation details
- Please cite this item as: None
- Credit
- No credit.
- Status
- completed Completed
Point of contact
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
,
Cambridge
,
Cambridgeshire
,
CB3 0ET
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- Maintenance note
- completed Completed
- Theme
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- Antarctic Fur Seal
- Arctocephalus gazella
- Satellite tagging
- foraging distance
- foraging duration
- Place
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- Bird Island South Georgia Island
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- license License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
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- Other constraints
- This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
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- Fur Seal foraging trip duration, Bird Island, South Georgia from 1978 onwards (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01212), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy]
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- engEnglish
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- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 1978-01-01
- End date
- 1978-01-01
- Supplemental Information
- It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
Distributor
Distributor
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
,
Cambridge
,
Cambridgeshire
,
CB3 0ET
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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- Transfer size
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- Protocol
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- Hierarchy level
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- Statement
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Methodology:
The trip durations of 20 females are recorded each year using small VHF transmitters attached to the seal's fur. When the mother is on land a receiver can hear the signal transmitted by the device and it logs her presence, conversely when she is at sea no signal is heard. From this trip duration can be calculated. Data is available for seals where 6 or more trips were recorded.
All data were collected under permit from the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
All sampling procedures used were regulated by the British Antarctic Survey Ethical Review Committee in collaboration with Cambridge University and the UK Home Office.
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- c7a05ef3-e7da-4944-9d8f-dc9084fce22d XML
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- engEnglish
- Character set
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- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2019-07-29
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- ISO 19115:2003(E)
Point of contact
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
,
Cambridge
,
Cambridgeshire
,
CB3 0ET
,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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