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Summary

This data set contains information on the foraging ecology, energetics, and breeding biology of the Antarctic fulmarine petrel seabird community breeding on Hop Island, Prydz Bay, Antarctica.

Species involved in the study include the Antarctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides), Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica), Cape petrel (Daption capense), and snow petrel ... (Pagodroma nivea). We conducted the research on Hop Island, Prydz Bay, Antarctica during three consecutive breeding seasons, from 1993-94 through 1995-96.

Methods employed during the study include: water offloading to collect diet samples from breeding adults doubly-labelled water (DLW) technique to measure energy consumption and expenditure in nestlings and breeding adults stable isotope analyses (SIA) to determine community trophic structure, compare trophic levels, and complement the conventional dietary data measures of breeding biology parameters including laying, hatching, and fledging dates; hatching and fledging success; laying effort in marked colonies; fledging masses; incubation, brooding, and nestling period lengths; incubation and brooding shift lengths; nestling growth rates measures of foraging parameters including meal size, nestling growth, and foraging trip length/nestling provisioning rate. These data were collected for all four species and over multiple seasons.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: -68.83

S: -68.83

E: 78.72

W: 78.72

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1993-11-05 Stop Date: 1994-02-18 Start Date: 1994-10-25 Stop Date: 1995-03-24 Start Date: 1995-10-29 Stop Date: 1996-03-28

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Hop Island, Prydz Bay GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA OCEANS

Quality

Data set is of high quality, all values having been checked with questionable values either noted or deleted.

Access Constraints

Data available to the general public as long as the source is acknowledged.

Use Constraints

Data may be used as long as the principal investigators are acknowledged.

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au Data Center Personnel Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Personnel

PETER JOHN HODUM Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +1 530 752 2401 Fax: +1 530 752 0175 Email: pjhodum at ucdavis.edu Contact Address: Department of Animal Science ONE SHIELDS AVE. University of California City: Davis Province or State: California Postal Code: 95616 Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WESLEY WEATHERS Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: +1 530 752-7411 Fax: +1 530 752-0175 Email: wwweathers at ucdavis.edu Contact Address: Department of Animal Science ONE SHIELDS AVE. University of California City: Davis Province or State: California Postal Code: 95616 Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Publications/References

Hodum, P. J. and K. A. Hobson. 2000. Trophic relationships among Antarctic fulmarine petrels: insights into dietary overlap and chick provisioning strategies inferred from stable-isotope (15N and 13C) analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 198: 273-281.

Weathers, W. W., K. L. Gerhart, and P. J. Hodum. 2000. Thermoregulation in Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Journal of ... Comparative Physiology B: in press.

Hodum, P. J., K. L. Gerhart, and W. W. Weathers. 1996. Growth and development in Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Antarctic Journal of the United States 31: 112-113.

Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. 1995. Ecological energetics of Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30: 182-183.

Hodum, P. J. 1994. Foraging ecology and reproductive energetics of Antarctic petrels. Antarctic Journal of the United States 29: 167-168.

Hodum, P. J. In review. Breeding biology of high-latitude Antarctic fulmarine petrels. Journal of Zoology.

Hodum, P. J. and W. W. Weathers. In review. Ecological energetics and prey consumption of an Antarctic fulmarine petrel community. Ecology.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-04 Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

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