Distribution and abundance of seabirds in the Southern Indian Ocean, 1978/1979+

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIRDS; ALBATROSS; PETREL; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network; CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE; COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE; EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OBIS/AADC; ANTABIF; OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Austral; Heard; Heard Island; Indian; McDonald Islands; Prydz Bay; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; International Polar Year; IPY; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/distribution-abundance-seabirds-ocean-19781979/686408; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2208_seabirds; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=4548; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2208; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=533; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=657; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=725; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1219; http://www.birds.scar.org/activities/meetings/BIOMASS_Handbook_18_Seabirds_at_sea_-_revised.pdf; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2208_seabirds

The data were collected from research cruises and resupply vessels in the southern Indian Ocean. The majority of the records were collected between October and March. The technique used for collection is that prescribed by the Biological Investigation of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (BIOMASS)...