Reconstructing the foraging ecology and molecular evolution of sub-Antarctic penguins: A pilot study

Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3203 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Summary High-order predators rely on the productivity of the Southern Ocean marine ecosystem for their continued survival. Their place in that ecosystem is the result of a long history...

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Other Authors: VAN DEN HOFF, JOHN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), VAN DEN HOFF, JOHN (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
environment
CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
EARTH SCIENCE
HUMAN DIMENSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
MACROFOSSILS
PALEOCLIMATE
LAND RECORDS
PENGUINS
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
BIRDS
USE/FEEDING HABITATS
BIOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS
Fossils
Climate Change
adaptation
ADS &gt
Automated DNA Sequencer
FIELD SURVEYS
LABORATORY
FIELD INVESTIGATION
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt
MACQUARIE ISLAND
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Antarctic
Griffith
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/reconstructing-foraging-ecology-pilot-study/698913
https://doi.org/10.26179/5df9b06182081
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_3203
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3203 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Summary High-order predators rely on the productivity of the Southern Ocean marine ecosystem for their continued survival. Their place in that ecosystem is the result of a long history of evolutionary adaptation to a challenging and changing environment. The objective of this study is to understand how species have adapted historically and are responding to today's rapidly changing environment. This study will use current and innovative non-invasive approaches (stable isotope analyses, ancient DNA extraction and pollutant analyses) to reconstruct historical feeding behaviours, contaminant loading and genetic changes over time for predators found at Macquarie Island. Project objectives: To initiate a pilot study of modern and fossil King and Royal penguin bones collected at Macquarie Island during the 2009/10 field season and in historical specimen collections from museums. The project will test the concept that the past 3000 years of climate variability may have caused measurable change in the penguins; A. foraging areas and trophic position B. genetic and/or evolutionary makeup C. pollutant loading (specifically Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)) If successful the study could contribute information to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the potential responses of vertebrate predators to global climate change, and Australia's obligations under Article 16 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report: Progress against objectives: The project has been active for only 6 months however this was a successful field season for this project. Two bone outcrop sites were sampled at Macquarie Island, Landing Beach and Bauer Bay. Complete stratigraphic sequences of penguin bones and the sediment matrix were collected and photographic records taken of the outcrops. The samples are now at the AAD. A PhD student has been engaged at Griffith University in David Lambert's lab to extract and analyse the bone DNA. Preliminary investigations have succeeded in extracting the DNA.

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