High occurrence of jellyfish predation by black-browed and Campbell albatross identified by DNA metabarcoding

• Other Authors: DEAGLE, BRUCE E. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), DEAGLE, BRUCE E. (processor), ALDERMAN, RACHAEL (hasPrincipalInvestigator), MCINNES, JULIE C. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), MCINNES, JULIE C. (processor), JARMAN, SIMON N. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), LEA, MARY-ANNE (hasPrincipalInvestigator), RAYMOND, BEN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), PHILLIPS, RICHARD A (hasPrincipalInvestigator), STANWORTH, ANDREW (hasPrincipalInvestigator), SUAZO, CRISITAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), GRAS, MICHAEL (hasPrincipalInvestigator), CATRY, PAULO (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WEIMERSKIRCH, HENRI (hasPrincipalInvestigator), THOMPSON, DAVID (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; JELLYFISHES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; CNIDARIANS; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIRDS; SPECIES PREDATION; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; DNA; DNA Metabarcoding; Black-Browed Albatross; Campbell Albatross; Diet; MISEQ Genome Sequencer; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; LABORATORY; CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > CHILE > Albatross Islet; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > FALKLAND ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN > KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND > Bird Island; Campbell Island; Diego Ramirez; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Indian; South Georgia Island; Ramirez; Steeple; Jason Island; Suazo; Macquarie Island; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/high-occurrence-jellyfish-dna-metabarcoding/945469; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5955d989a1940; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4014_McInnes_et_al_2017_MolecularEcology; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This spreadsheet provides the sequences counts for the DNA groups found in the scats of black-browed albatross at New Island and Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands; Diego Ramírez and Albatross Islet, Chile; Bird Island, South Georgia; Canyon des Sourcils Noirs, Kerguelen Archipelago, France; Macquarie Island, Australia; and Campbell albatross at Campbell Island, NZ. Scat samples were collected in 2013/14 and 2014/15 at New Island, Steeple Jason Island, Macquarie Island, Campbell Island and Bird Island; in 2013/14 and 2015/16 at Kerguelen; in 2014/15 and 2015/16 at Albatross Islet and in 2013/14 at Diego Ramírez. Samples were collected during Incubation (Oct-Nov), early chick-rearing (Dec-Jan) or late-chick rearing (Feb-Mar). Due to the availability of birds at the colony, samples were predominantly collected from adults during incubation and early chick-rearing and chicks during late chick rearing. Samples sizes were too low during this study to directly compare dietary differences between chicks and adults; however, dietary comparisons between breeding stages were examined for sites where samples were collected during multiple breeding stages. Samples were PCR amplified with a universal metazoan primer set that is highly conserved and amplifies a region of the nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA gene (18S rDNA). Details of the molecular methods and synthesis of this data can be found in: McInnes, J.C., Alderman, R., Raymond, B., Lea, M-A., Deagle, B., Catry, P., Gras, M., Phillip, R.A., Stanworth, A., Suazo, C., Thompson, D., Weimerskirch, H., Gras. M., and Jarman, S.N. High occurrence of jellyfish predation by black-browed and Campbell albatross identified by DNA metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology.