TOPP Albatrosses 2002-06
Citation
Shaffer S, Costa D, OBIS-SEAMAP (2021). TOPP Albatrosses 2002-06. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/thgxd3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-04.Description
Original provider: Scott Shaffer Dataset credits: Scott Shaffer, Michelle Kappes, Bill Henry, Yann Tremblay, Melinda Conners, Dan Costa, and the TOPP program Abstract: Laysan (Phoebastria immutabilis) and black-footed (P. nigripes) albatrosses were studied using Microwave Pico-100 and Wildlife Computers SPOT 4 satellite transmitters. Birds were studied at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Northwest Hawaiian Islands (23.872 N, 166.272 W) from December 2002 to March 2009. The primary tracking period covers the incubation and chick-brooding phases during each year. In nearly all cases, albatrosses were equipped with a tag for a single trip to sea. Trip durations range from 1-32 days in duration and some albatrosses traveled over 15,000 km in a single trip. Purpose: The purpose of this research was to examine: 1) albatross distribution during breeding and post breeding phases, 2) characterize oceanic habitat of albatross habitat, 3) how both albatross species partition oceanic habitats, 4) commonalities in the distribution or physical features of their environment, 5) overlap and possible interaction with other TOPP organisms (e.g., elephant seals, tuna, sea turtles), and 6) highlight conservation priorities such as overlap with fisheries Supplemental information: ARGOS points used for the dataset extent, inferred track and population of upstream OBIS archive were filtered according to McConnell et al. (1992), with a maximum velocity of 100 km/hr, or 27.8 m/s using the vmask function in the argosfilter R package (Frietas et al. 2008). This is the recommended method by the TOPP Seabird Research Team and others from the Global Procellariiform Tracking Workshop Report (Taylor 2004). References: Freitas, C., C. Lydersen, M.A. Fedak, and K.M. Kovacs. 2008. A simple new algorithm to filter marine mammal Argos locations. Marine Mammal Science, 24(2): 315-325. McConnell, B.J., C. Chambers and M.A. Fedak. 1992. Foraging ecology of southern elephant seals in relation to the bathymetry and productivity of the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science, 4(04): 393-398. Taylor, F. 2004. Methods. In: J.P. Croxall (ed.). Global Procellariiform Tracking Workshop Report. BirdLife International, Cambridge, p. 3.Purpose
The purpose of this research was to examine: 1) albatross distribution during breeding and post breeding phases, 2) characterize oceanic habitat of albatross habitat, 3) how both albatross species partition oceanic habitats, 4) commonalities in the distribution or physical features of their environment, 5) overlap and possible interaction with other TOPP organisms (e.g., elephant seals, tuna, sea turtles), and 6) highlight conservation priorities such as overlap with fisheries
Sampling Description
Study Extent
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Phoebastria nigripescommon name: Black-footed Albatross rank: species
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Phoebastria immutabiliscommon name: Laysan Albatross rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Northwest Hawaiian Islands,Tern Island,French Frigate Shoals
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Scott Shafferoriginator
position: Primary contact
San Jose State University
email: scott.shaffer@sjsu.edu
Dan Costa
originator
position: Secondary contact
University of California, Santa Cruz
email: costa@biology.ucsc.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
Scott Shaffer
owner
position: Primary contact
San Jose State University
email: scott.shaffer@sjsu.edu
Dan Costa
originator
position: Secondary contact
University of California, Santa Cruz
email: costa@biology.ucsc.edu
Scott Shaffer
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
San Jose State University
email: scott.shaffer@sjsu.edu