d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:15:02 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Southern Ocean procellariform blood and feather stable isotope data 2013-09-30 publication 1382537542770 CEH:EIDC: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3 10.5285/d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3 doi: Bodey, T.W., Ward, E.J., Phillips, R.A., McGill, R.A.R., Bearhop, S. (2013). Southern Ocean procellariform blood and feather stable isotope data. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3 This dataset comprises the delta-13C and delta-15N stable isotopic information from two tissue samples (whole blood and mantle feathers) from 16 adults of 8 species of Southern Ocean procellariform collected at Bird Island, South Georgia during the austral summer 2001-2002. There have been numerous long-term research projects carried out at Bird Island under the auspices of the British Antarctic Survey, and this data represents one very small component that has been used to examine inter-specific competition in both the breeding and non-breeding periods. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3 Bodey, T.W. University of Exeter T.W.Bodey@exeter.ac.uk pointOfContact Bodey, T.W. University of Exeter T.W.Bodey@exeter.ac.uk author Ward, E.J. National Marine Fisheries Service Eric.Ward@noaa.gov author Phillips, R.A. British Antarctic Survey raphil@bas.ac.uk author McGill, R.A.R. Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre Rona.McGill@glasgow.ac.uk author Bearhop, S. University of Exeter S.Bearhop@exeter.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Procellariiformes Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation blood (tissue) bird isotope GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Evolutionary ecology diet feathers seabird stable isotope otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bodey, T.W., Ward, E.J., Phillips, R.A., McGill, R.A.R., Bearhop, S. (2013). Southern Ocean procellariform blood and feather stable isotope data. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3 textTable English utf8 biota 2000-12-01 2001-01-31 -180 180 -90 -60 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8BB United Kingdom enquiries@ceh.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d2c301d4-8a77-4571-9667-01168356a2d3.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Blood samples were centrifuged within 1-3 h to separate cells and plasma, then kept frozen at -20degreesC until freeze-dried and homogenised for analysis. Lipids were not extracted from blood cells as this is considered unnecessary. Feather samples were dried, stored in sealed plastic bags, then later ground to a fine powder in a freezer mill operating at liquid N temperature prior to analysis. C and N isotope ratios were measured by continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry, using a Carlo Erba (model NA 1500) elemental analyzer (EA) linked to a Finnigan Tracer Mat and a Costech (model ECS 4010) EA combined with a Thermo Finnigan Delta Plus XP. Three internal laboratory standards were analysed for every ten unknown samples, and measurement precision of both Delta15N and Delta13C was estimated to be less than or equal to 0.2 parts per thousand. Internal standards are routinely (once a month) calibrated against International Atomic Energy Agency and National Institute of Standards and Technology stable isotope reference materials.