Seabirds encountered at sea off the South-Western Coast of Australia - December 1994

• Other Authors: Murdoch University (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: data.gov.au
• Subjects: Anous stolidus; Diomedea chlororhynchos; Fregetta tropica; Larus novaehollandiae; Larus pacificus; Marine Biology; Marine Birds; Morus serrator; Oceans; Pelagodroma marina; Petrel Macronectes; Phalacrocorax fuscescens; Phoebetria fusca; Pterodroma lessonii; Pterodroma leucoptera; Pterodroma macroptera; Puffinus assimilis; Puffinus carneipes; Puffinus gavia; Puffinus pacificus; Puffinus tenuirostris; Stercorarius pomarinus; Sterna anaethetus; Sterna bergii; Sterna fuscata; Sterna hirundo; Pacific; Common tern; Pomarine Jaeger; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/seabirds-encountered-sea-december-1994/1933962; http://data.gov.au/dataset/90b78026-283a-48ab-87b2-ac2608851fcd

A survey of seabirds off the coast between Port Lincoln, South Australia and Fremantle, Western Australia during December 1994 was conducted on the voyage 11/94 of the CSIRO Oceanographic Research Vessel Franklin. Mean abundances were calculated from a series of 10 minute counts by a human observer through the trip, with sea surface temperature, salinity, water depth, current speed and direction, sea conditions and visibility also measured.\n\nThe following birds were recorded: Wandering Albatross; Royal Albatross; Shy\tAlbatross; Black-browed Albatross; Yellow-nosed\tAlbatross; Sooty Albatross; Northern Giant; Blue\tPetrel; Great-winged Petrel; Gould's Petrel; White-headed Petrel; White-chinned\tPetrel; Flesh-footed Shearwater; Short-tailed Shearwater; Wedge-tailed Shearwater; Fluttering Shearwater; Little Shearwater; Wilson's\tStorm-Petrel; White-faced Storm-Petrel; Black-bellied Storm-Petrel; Australasian Gannet; Black-faced Cormorant; Pomarine Jaeger; Silver Gull; Pacific Gull; Crested Tern; Common Tern; Bridled Tern; Sooty Tern http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Resources/valids/archives/keyword_list.html -