Full Record - Number of breeding Northern and Southern Giant Petrels at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 2000 onwards

Number of breeding Northern and Southern Giant Petrels at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 2000 onwards

GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01203

Abstract:
The populations of Northern (Macronectes halli) and Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) in defined study areas on Bird Island have been monitored since 2000 and counts of colonies are carried out annually. The total number of breeding pairs of each species, and of mixed pairs (male Northern Giant Petrel x female Southern Giant Petrel), and the number of egg and chick failures are recorded. This allows calculation of hatching, fledging and overall breeding success. The number of chicks which are ringed and their subsequent survival is also recorded.

License

Use:	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/ This data should be cited as follows:Number of breeding Northern and Southern Giant Petrels at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 2000 onwards (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01203), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy] We would strongly encourage contacting Richard Philips (raphil@bas.ac.uk) for more information regarding this dataset, including guidance on its reuse.

Use:

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/

This data should be cited as follows:Number of breeding Northern and Southern Giant Petrels at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 2000 onwards (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01203), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy]

We would strongly encourage contacting Richard Philips (raphil@bas.ac.uk) for more information regarding this dataset, including guidance on its reuse.

Authors

Name	UK Polar Data Centre
Role(s)	Metadata Author
Organisation	British Antarctic Survey

Basic Information

Creation Date:	2019-07-26
Dataset Progress:	Planned
Dataset Language:	English
ISO Topic Categories:	Biota
Parameters:	Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Indicator Species Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Life History Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Population Dynamics Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Recruitment

Additional Information

Reference:	Patterson DL, Woehler EJ, Croxall JP, Cooper J, Poncet S, Hunter S, Fraser WR. 2008. Breeding distribution and population status of the Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) and Southern Giant Petrel (M. giganteus). Marine Ornithology 36: 115-124.
Lineage/Methodology:	Counts are carried out in the study area of North Valley (half), Top Meadows and Bottom Meadows (half) and the data presented here reflects the combined counts from these areas. 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.
Ownership:

Extent

Temporal Coverage:
Start Date	2000-01-01
End Date	N/A

Spatial Coverage:
Latitude
Southernmost	-54.02103
Northernmost	-53.99857
Longitude
Westernmost	-38.08057
Easternmost	-38.01125
Altitude
Min Altitude	N/A
Max Altitude	N/A
Depth
Min Depth	N/A
Max Depth	N/A

Location:
Location	South Georgia Island
Detailed Location	Bird Island

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