British Antarctic Survey Argos satellite tracking data

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published on 10 October 2018
Publication date:
10 October 2018
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CC-BY 4.0

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Description

Location information derived from ARGOS PTT tracking devices deployed on higher predators since 1990.

Data Records

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Marine birds; Marine mammals; Predators; Tracking

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

Online dataset http://iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/2294 UTF-8 HTML
Metadata http://www.vliz.be/imis/iobis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=2659 UTF-8 HTML

Contacts

OBIS Secretariat
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
BE
Helen Peat
  • Point Of Contact
Natural Environment Research Council; British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
GB

Geographic Coverage

PS, Southern Ocean - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1907

Bounding Coordinates South West [-70.039, -145.518], North East [-24.322, 99.704]

Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231404

Species Arctocephalus gazella

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212583

Species Diomedea exulans

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212658

Species Eudyptes chrysolophus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212636

Species Macronectes giganteus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212637

Species Macronectes halli

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212631

Species Phoebetria palpebrata

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212651

Species Procellaria aequinoctialis

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225757

Species Pygoscelis adeliae

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225783

Species Pygoscelis antarctica

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225777

Species Pygoscelis papua

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225760

Species Thalassarche chrysostoma

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343995

Species Thalassarche melanophris

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 1990-08-25

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.iobis.org/obis/resource?id=imis_dasid_2659