Animal Tracking at Heard Island 2003/2004 - ARGOS data

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ISLANDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; MAMMALS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC; SPECIES PREDATION; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; USE/FEEDING HABITATS; RANGE CHANGES; INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES; ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL; ARGOS; AURORA AUSTRALIS; BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS; DATE AND TIME; HEARD ISLAND; KING PENGUIN; LATITUDE; LIGHT MANTLED SOOTY ALBATROSS; LONGITUDE; MACARONI PENGUIN; PTT; SATELLITE TRACKS; SEX; SPECIES; ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System; SATELLITES; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Heard; Heard Island; McDonald Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; aurora australis; Australian Antarctic Division; King Penguins; Macaroni penguin
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/animal-tracking-heard-20032004-argos/685229; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/HI_animaltracks_ARGOS; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=1685; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=HI_animaltracks_ARGOS

A major goal of a research expedition by the Australian Antarctic Division over the summer of (2003/04) in the Southern Ocean off Heard Island was to answer some of the questions needed to determine what level of exploitation of Southern Ocean fisheries is sustainable. The use of novel equipment, cutting edge technology and some adept logistical co-ordination allowed the Aurora Australis, on the Southern Ocean, to catch the prey of the predators of Heard Island. This work was accomplished by placing satellite trackers on animals at Heard Island, and then, using the ARGOS system, monitoring their activities in the Southern Ocean around the island. The Aurora Australis assisted in the monitoring and tracking of the animals by searching the areas the animals were foraging for prey species. The animals tracked in this experiment were: Light-mantled sooty albatrosses black-browed albatrosses king penguins macaroni penguins Antarctic fur seals The columns in this data file are: individual_id - the identifier of the individual animal species - the species name of that animal pttid - the identifier of the PTT tracker deployed on that animal deployment_longitude - the longitude at which the tracker was deployed deployment_latitude - the latitude at which the tracker was deployed observation_date - the date (ISO8601 format) of the position observation year, month, day, time, time_zone - as per the observation_date, but in separate columns locationclass - the ARGOS location class of the position (see http://www.argos-system.org/manual/3-location/34_location_classes.htm; value -3 corresponds to a "Z" class, value -2 to "B", value -1 to "A") latitude - the latitude of the position observation longitude - the longitude of the position observation