Foraging ecology of Adelie penguins at Hop Island, Rauer Group 2012/13

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > USE/FEEDING HABITATS; ADELIE; FORAGING; INCUBATION; GUARD; CRECHE; GPS > Global Positioning System; ACCELEROMETERS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Rauer Group; Hop Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Australian Antarctic Program
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/foraging-ecology-adelie-group-201213/2819262

Progress Code: completed Purpose To investigate the foraging of Adelie penguins. At Hop Island in the Rauer Group during the 2012/13 field season combinations of data loggers were deployed on different adelie penguins. The data loggers were GPS (two types), time-depth recorders and accelerometers. The accelerometer records head movement to identify when the bird captures prey. The units were later retrieved and the data downloaded. A document included with the data has further information about the data. The data were collected following protocols approved by the Australian Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee and supported through the Australian Antarctic program through Australian Antarctic Science project 4087. Data from GPS units deployed at Hop Island in 2011/12 is described by the metadata record with ID AAS_4087_adelie_penguin_tracking_hop_island_2011_12.