PolE At Sea Observations of Birds and Marine Mammals during PS 81 (ANT-XXIX/4)

Anton Van de Putte1, Claude Joiris2, Diederik D’Hert3, Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar4, Gerald Driessens3, Griet Nijs3, Henri Robert5

1 Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium; 2 Laboratory for Polar Ecology, F-1367, Saint-Restitut, France; 3 Laboratory for Polar Ecology, F-26130, Saint-Restitut, France; 4 Conservation Biology Unit, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium; 5 Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium

Corresponding author(s): Anton Van de Putte (data.biodiversity.aq@gmail.com), Claude Joiris (crjoiris@gmail.com)

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Abstract

During the PS81 (ANT-XXIX/4) expedition of icebreaking RV Polarstern from Punta Arenas to the North Scotia Sea Ridge, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Trench and back to the Falkland Islands from 22 March till 26 April 2013, three independent datasets were collected in order to establish the quantitative at-sea distribution of marine mammals and seabirds.

Keywords: Antarctica, Occurrence, Seabirds, Marine mammals, BIRDS, MAMMALS, MARINE HABITAT, SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTICA, Occurrence, Observation

General description

Additional information: marine, harvested by iOBIS

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=rbins_joiris_2013_ps81_birds_mammals

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Birds and Mammals
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Aptenodytes patagonicus, Pygoscelis papua, Pygoscelis antarcticus, Eudyptes chrysolophus, Spheniscidae, Eudyptes chrysocome, Thalassarche chrysostoma, Thalassarche melanophris, Phoebetria fusca, Phoebetria palpebrata, Diomedea epomophora, Diomedea exulans, Diomedea, Macronectes giganteus, Macronectes halli, Macronectes, Fulmarus glacialoides, Daption capense, Oceanites oceanicus, Hydrobatidae, Garrodia nereis, Fregetta tropica, Pelecanoides urinatrix, Pelecanoididae, Phalacrocorax atriceps georgianus, Bubulcus ibis, Chionis albus, Phalarope sp., Sterna vittata, Stercorarius antarcticus, Arctocephalus, Mirounga leonina, Phocidae, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Orcinus orca, Balaenoptera physalus, Eubalaena australis, Megaptera novaeangliae
Common names: King Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin, Macaroni Penguin, Penguin sp., Rockhopper Penguin, Grey-headed Albatross, Black-browed Albatross, Sooty Albatross, Light-mantled Albatross, Royal Albatross (Southern), Wandering Albatross, Royal/Wandering Albatross, Southern Giant-Petrel, Northern Giant-Petrel, Giant-Petrel sp., Southern Fulmar, Cape Petrel, Snow Petrel, Kerguelen Petrel, Great-winged Petrel, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Atlantic Petrel, Blue Petrel, Fairy Prion, Antarctic Prion, Slender-billed Prion, Prion sp., Grey Petrel, White-chinned Petrel, Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Wilson s Storm-Petrel, Storm-Petrel sp., Grey-backed Storm-Petrel, Black-bellied Storm-Petrel, Common Diving-Petrel, Diving-Petrel sp., South Georgia Shag, Cattle Egret, Snowy Sheathbill, Antarctic Tern, Brown skua, Fur Seal sp., Southern Elephant Seal, Seal sp., Hourglass dolphin, Dolphin sp., Killer whale, Fin Whale, Southern Right Whale, Humpback Whale, Whale sp.

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Punta Arenas to the North Scotia Sea Ridge, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Trench and back to the Falkland Islands/islas Malvinas
Coordinates: 60°0'0''S and 53°0'0''S Latitude; 66°0'0''W and 24°0'0''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 22, 2013 - April 26, 2013

Methods

Method step description: /
Study extent description: Southern Ocean, Antarctica
Sampling description: Transect counts were devoted to seabird and marine  mammal observation. The transect counts were lasting half an hour, without width limitation from the bridge at 18 m above sea level on a continuous basis, light and visibility allowing (see description and discussion in Joiris 2007 ; Joiris and Falck 2010 ). The animals were detected with the naked eye, and observations confirmed and complemented with binoculars (10 9  42) when useful; photographic documents were also used, especially for species difficult to identify. Results are presented as basic unmodified data, i.e. numbers encountered per half-an-hour transect count. Density was also calculated on the basis of specific detection limits established by this team in function of size, colour and behaviour (jizz) (Joiris 2007 ; Joiris and Falck 2010 ) and mean ship’s speed: 10 knots in open water and 5 knots in ice covered areas. 

Water temperature and salinity were continuously recorded on board Polarstern  with a thermo-salinometer at subsurface sampling (keel - 10 m). 

Ice cover was evaluated by us from the bridge and expressed as % coverage within an approximate range of 500 m around the ship.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive PolE At Sea Observations of Birds and Marine Mammals during PS 81 (ANT-XXIX/4)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/archive.do?r=rbins_joiris_2013_ps81_birds_mammals
Publication date of data: 2019-03-19
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-09-18
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Joiris CR (2007) At-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in the Greenland and Norwegian seas: impact of extremely low ice coverage. In: Symposium European research on polar environment and climate, Brussels, 5–6 March 2007
Joiris CR, Falck E (2010) Summer at-sea distribution of little auks Alle alle and harp seals Pagophilus (Phoca) groenlandica in the Fram Strait and the Greenland Sea: impact of small-scale hydrological events. Polar Biol 34:541–548. doi: 10.1007/ s00300-010-0910-0
Joiris CR, Humphries GRW, D’Hert D, Lafontaine R-M, Robert H and Beudels-Jamar RC. 2015. Major hotspots detected along the Scotia Ridge in autumn for southern right whales Eubalaena australis, Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella and Antarctic prions Pachyptila desolata. Adv. Polar Sc. 26