GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01551
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British Antarctic Survey
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pdc@bas.ac.uk
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2022-03-22
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
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http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01551
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
OGP
Annual samples and measurements of diet composition of gentoo penguins at Signy Island, from 1998 to 2010.
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01551
2022-03-22
publication
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01551
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This dataset captures information on the diet composition and mass of gentoo penguin stomach contents at Signy Island, from 1998 to 2010. The monitoring period occurred over four weeks each year and involved sampling adults returning to feed their chicks during the creche period. Sampling took place approximately every five days. Numbers of birds sampled on each occasion varied over the entire period of the dataset from a maximum of eight to a minimum of six, equating to an annual maximum of forty birds and annual minimum of thirty, depending on the year. All adult penguins were sampled on their return to the colony using the stomach lavage methodology specified in CCAMLR CEMP Standard Methods A8A. The stomach samples were then weighed and categorised into krill, cephalopods, fish and non-food and identified to species level where possible. Krill carapaces and otoliths were removed and measured.
Ecosystems component of BAS Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme, funded by NERC.
British Antarctic Survey
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High Cross, Madingley Road
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pdc@bas.ac.uk
custodian
Dunn, M., Waluda, C., Adlard, S., Lynnes, A., Morley, T., & Fox, D.
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
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High Cross, Madingley
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
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NERC_DDC
NERC OAI Harvesting
2022-03-22
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Consumption
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Feeding Habitat
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Food-web Dynamics
GCMD Parameter Valids
2022-03-22
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Antarctic krill
Diet
Euphausia superba
Gentoo penguin
Pygoscelis papua
BAS Free-text keywords
2022-03-22
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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/.
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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/.
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biota
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1998-02-04
2010-01-15
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
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pdc@bas.ac.uk
distributor
https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/higher-predators-long-term-science/
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