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Migration and foraging ecology of Greater Shearwater (aggregated per 1-degree cell)
Citation
Veit M. 2021. Migration and foraging ecology of Greater Shearwater. Data originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=452). https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3581
Contact: Ronconi, Rob ; Martin, Marie ;

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Description
Data from following 22 greater shearwaters equipped with Satellite tags from Gough island/ Inaccessible island (United Kingdom) to the Northern Atlantic from October 2009 to October 2010. more

Original provider: Marie C Martin; Dr Rob Ronconi; Dr R Veit 

Dataset credits: Data provider Migration and foraging ecology of Greater Shearwater 

Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) 

Abstract: Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), seabird Procellariiforme, breed on Tristan da Cunha island group, remote islands midway between South Africa and South America. They complete an extensive transatlantic migration each year to reach the Northern hemisphere. They spend their wintering/staging period in productive waters such as Gulf of Maine, Georges and Grand Banks, Bay of Fundy, Greenland and Europe. While still abundant, the location of the entire world’s population on a single island group makes these birds susceptible to environmental changes. 
We will be following 22 greater (or great) shearwaters equipped with Satellite tags from Gough island/ Inaccessible island (United Kingdom) to the Northern Atlantic from October 2009 to October 2010. 
Our first objective is tracking pre-laying exodus and foraging trips during incubation/ rearing period; second objective: identifying migration paths and finally, understanding foraging movements of these birds over the Northwest Atlantic until molt period. 
Greater shearwaters have been observed feeding over tuna school during ship surveys since they share same prey type; subsequently, we will overlay shearwater tracks and tunas distribution to search for evidence of spatial co-occurrence between these 2 top predators to evaluate the importance of this mutual association.
This project is a collaboration between Dr Rob Ronconi (University of Dalhousie/ Halifax/ Canada), Marie C Martin and Dr Richard R. Veit (College of Staten Island/ City University of New York/ USA) supported by US Wildlife Fisheries Service, as well as David and Lucile Packard Grant (Birdlife International / Agreement for Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels). Technical logistic and field work has been made possible with the support of Dr Peter Ryan, Dr Rob Ronconi,and Sirtrack Ltd. 

For further information, please contact Marie C Martin: entrecasteaux@hotmail.com or Dr Rob Ronconi: rronconi@dal.ca 

Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. 

This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.


Scope
Themes:
Biology > Birds
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Occurrence, A, Atlantic, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)

Geographical coverage
A, Atlantic [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -87,5; MinLat: -56,5 - MaxLong: 30,5; MaxLat: 53,5 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
30 September 2009 - 25 November 2010

Taxonomic coverage
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) [WoRMS]

Contributors
The City University of New York; College of Staten Islanddata owner
Veit, Richard
Martin, Marie
Dalhousie Universitydata owner
Ronconi, Rob

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2021-04-23
Metadatarecord created: 2012-11-27
Information last updated: 2023-04-20
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