Data from: State-space modelling of geolocation data reveals sex differences in the use of management areas by breeding northern fulmars ...

• Main Authors: Edwards, Ewan W. J., Quinn, Lucy R., Thompson, Paul M.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2017
• Subjects: fisheries bycatch; Fulmarus glacialis; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; northern fulmar; double-tagging; OSPAR; GLS; geolocator validation; Fulmar; North East Atlantic; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vb322; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.vb322

Effective management and conservation of terrestrially breeding marine predators requires information on connectivity between specific breeding sites and at-sea foraging areas. In the north-east Atlantic, efforts to monitor and manage the impacts of bycatch or pollution events within different Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) management regions are currently constrained by uncertainty over the origins of seabirds occurring in each area. Whilst Global Positioning System (GPS) loggers can now provide high resolution data on seabird foraging characteristics, their use is largely restricted to the chick-rearing period. Smaller light-based Global Location Sensors (geolocators) could provide valuable data during earlier phases of the breeding season, but additional information on their accuracy is required to assess this potential. We used incubation trip tracking data from 11 double-tagged (GPS/geolocator) northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis L. within a ... : Edwards et al., (2016) tracking dataGeolocator and GPS data used in the double-tagging experiment and pre-laying exodus analysis described in Edwards et al., (2016). Data are arranged in folders and there is a short readme file associated with the double-tagging study.PLE_paper_data.zip ...