Foraging zones of Macaroni Penguins breeding at Heard Island

• Other Authors: HINDELL, MARK A. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HINDELL, MARK A. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; BIRDS; SPECIES PREDATION; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; USE/FEEDING HABITATS; PENGUINS; BEARING; DATE; DIRECTION; HEARD ISLAND; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MACARONI PENGUINS; RANGE; SPEED; RADIO TRANSPONDERS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Southern Ocean; Heard Island; Heard; McDonald Islands; Icefish
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/foraging-zones-macaroni-heard-island/699647; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/55500BBB8E803; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1257; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

With a population of about 2 million pairs macaroni penguins are the most abundant penguin in the HIMI region. These birds feed on mesopelagic fish and, to a lesser extent, mackerel icefish. Despite their great abundance and comparatively proximate links in the food chain to the toothfish fishery, virtually nothing is known about the foraging ecology of macaroni penguins at HIMI. This will identify which regions of the ocean Macaroni penguins use as foraging areas, and in combination with diet studies quantify the potential for competition with fisheries operations in the HIMI region. The data are stored in a csv excel file. The fields in this dataset are: Latitude Longitude Date Direction Range Speed Bearing